Re: Snort logging to encrypted MySQL (ssl) server?

[David DeCoster <decoster () engr wisc edu>]

I have the SSH tunneling working, but I was just trying to find out if
there was a way to make snort work with the SSL features in MySQL 4. 
That way, I can eliminate another point of failure if SSH dies for some
reason.

Does anyone know if there is a patch available for the spo_database
plugin to make encrypted MySQL work?

Thanks again,

-dave

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 05:05, jon baer wrote:
> you could try to install ssh on the server/client and tunnel the traffic ...
>
> ssh -L 3306:server.com:3306 user () server com
>
> then change your snort.conf to point to localhost ... i think the problem is
> just that the plugin does not handle ssl correctly.
>
> - jon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David DeCoster" <decoster () engr wisc edu>
> To: <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:33 AM
> Subject: [Snort-users] Snort logging to encrypted MySQL (ssl) server?
>
>
> > Hello all--
> >
> > I have a question that is driving me nuts.  I have a remote snort sensor
> > (running ver. 2.0.2 on Debian testing) that I need to have log to a
> > MySQL database in my office (also on Debian testing and MySQL is version
> > 4.0.3).
> >
> > The sensor needs to send the MySQL traffic over a hostile network (aka.
> > one I do not control), so I do not want the mysql traffic sent in the
> > clear.
> >
> > I have MySQL 4.0.3 installed on the sensor (client, libraries, and
> > headers) and the database computer.  I enabled SSL (X.509 certificates)
> > on the MySQL server and I am able to get an encrypted connection back to
> > the database server using the command-line 'mysql' command.
> >
> > When I tried to make this work with snort, it failed and I was not able
> > to login to the MySQL database (and snort rolls over and dies).
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to make snort log to MySQL with SSL?
> > I've tried recompiling snort with the MySQL libraries and includes from
> > 4.0.3, but nothing seems to work.

-- 
David DeCoster <decoster () engr wisc edu>



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