Re: exact phrase match

[Brian <bmc () snort org>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 02:39:50PM -0600, Dan wrote:
> OK...let's try this again. When I tell snort to look for "nc.exe" in the payload, I only want it to return alarms 
> with an exact match of "nc.exe". However, it triggers alarms even when nc.exe is part of another word, such as:
>
> "sync.exe"
> "runc.exe"

Try... pcre.  :)

content:"nc.exe"; pcre:"/\wnc.exe\w/";

Brian


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