Re: Suppress alerts

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com>]

We need a bit more info that what you've provided.

Joel


On Oct 18, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Peter Rodger wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone point out what's wrong with my config?  The
> alerts are still not suppressed.
>
> I am just too overwhelmed with this.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> Note: forwarded message attached.
>
>
>
>
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> From: Peter Rodger <prodger2008 () yahoo com>
> Date: October 17, 2005 2:35:26 PM EDT
> To: Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com>
> Cc: s <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Suppress alerts
>
>
> Joel,
>
> Thanks for the info and help.  The threshold.conf file
> is in /snort/etc directory following the instruction
> in snort.conf file. (the file in the /etc and /rules
> folder) Even I change threshold.conf in the \rules
> directory, the result is still same.
>
> Please see the attached snort.conf and threshold.conf
> files in the \snort\etc folder.
>
> I did change threshold.conf in both /etc and /rules
> folders and include d:\win-ds\snort\etc\threshold.conf
> in the snort.conf file.
> Still can not surppess these alerts?
>
> Let me know what's wrong with my config?  I can not
> fighure out why?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> --- Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com> wrote:
>
>
> > The threshold.conf is probably in your /rules
> > directory.  (The
> > directory is located in your snort.conf  Search your
> > snort.conf for
> > "threshold.conf" and you'll see the include
> > statement.
> >
> > The Generator ID and SID are located in gid-msg.map
> > and sid-msg.map.
> > Probably in your rules directory.
> >
> > Joel Esler
> > SOURCEfire
> >
> >
> > On Oct 17, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Peter Rodger wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Bruce,
> > >
> > > Thanks!  I am running Snort on windows too.   I'm
> > > using IIS6, MSSQL, PHP, and BASE on windows2003.
> > > BTW, I just found out that the threshold.conf file
> > is
> >
> > > in two plases: one is in \snort\etc folder;
> > another is
> >
> > > in \snort\rules folder.  Which one should I
> > change?
> >
> > > I changed the one in \snort\etc folder.
> > >
> > > How do you get genenator ID or SID?
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > >
> > > Peter
> > > --- "Briggs, Bruce" <Bruce.Briggs () suny edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yes I did see your Friday e-mail.
> > > >
> > > > I am running Snort on Windows and do not have
> > your
> >
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > Also you do not need to reboot your Snort machine
> > > > when making a config
> > > > change - just stop & restart Snort.
> > > >
> > > > What Snort version?
> > > > What other support tools are you using - such as
> > web
> >
> > > > server & logging
> > > > database & alert viewer?
> > > > I'm using Apache, MySQL, PHP, and BASE.
> > > >
> > > > Bruce
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Peter Rodger [mailto:prodger2008 () yahoo com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 11:52 AM
> > > > To: Briggs, Bruce
> > > > Subject: Fwd: RE: [Snort-users] Suppress alerts
> > > >
> > > > Bruce,
> > > >
> > > > Did you check this message I sent you last
> > Friday?
> >
> > > > The snort.conf is the right file I changed.
> > > >
> > > > What could go wrong with it?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks so much,
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > > Note: forwarded message attached.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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