RE: Snort rules order.

["larosa, vjay" <larosa_vjay () emc com>]

My command line includes the -o switch so should I eliminate this and
use this in my snort.conf instead?

config order: pass trap-db alert log

Thanks!

vjl

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew R. Baker [mailto:andrewb () snort org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:34 PM
To: larosa, vjay
Cc: 'snort-users () lists sourceforge net'
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort rules order.


larosa, vjay wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running snort v 1.9.0 build 209 and I am having a problem with the
> ordering of some rules.
> I was under the assumption that this didn't matter anymore with snort
1.9.0.
> I have two rules,
>
>
> (trap-db is a custom ruletype I defined. Instead of using alert I use
> trap-db to send snmp traps for some events).
>
> trap-db udp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 69 (msg:"TFTP GET Admin.dll";
> content
> : "|0001|"; offset:0; depth:2; content:"admin.dll"; nocase;
> classtype:successful-admin; refe
> rence:url,www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-26.html; sid:1289; rev:2;)
>
> and 
>
> alert udp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 69 (msg:"TFTP Get"; content:"|00
> 01|"; offset:0; de
> pth:2; classtype:bad-unknown; sid:1444; rev:2;)
>
> For some reason the second rule gets triggered when I try a tftp session
and
> do a get admin.dll,
> but if I say get passwd the correct passwd rule triggers. 
>
> alert udp any any -> any 69 (msg:"TFTP GET passwd"; content: "|0001|";
> offset:0; depth:2; co
> ntent:"passwd"; nocase; classtype:successful-admin; sid:1443; rev:1;)
>
>
> Anybody have any clue what might be wrong? Thanks!

Do you have a "config order" line in your config file?  By default, 
Snort orders custom rule types after the default rule types.  Try adding 
this line to your snort.conf (after the declaration of the trab-db rule 
type):

config order: trap-db alert pass log

-A



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