Re: defining $external_net

[Erek Adams <erek () theadamsfamily net>]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Metz, Tim wrote:

> Hope this hasn't been addresses a million times but.....

Nope.  Never been asked.  ;-)

> is it legit to have the following in your snort.conf:
>
> var EXTERNAL_NET !$HOME_NET

Yep.

> this would keep me from replacing alot of $EXTERNAL_NET's with !$HOME_NET's
> in my ruleset

Works like a charm.  Works very well in a situation (like colo) when you have
a small block (/27, /29) out of a larger block (/24).

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams
Nifty-Type-Guy
TheAdamsFamily.Net


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