Re: output module bug in 2.4.3-RC3

[Michael W Cocke <cocke () catherders com>]

To be honest, I have more faith in my ability to just forward
verything to the queue than to just try to seperate one thing out, but
you just gave me an interesting idea.  You mean snort _q might be
interfering with the mysql packets, which snort without -q isn'?

Lemme go add an accept rule for that port.

Mike-



On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:12:03 -0500, you wrote:

> What if you were to start with something simple in the iptables rules
> that sent packets to queue, like icmp only, or some unneeded service,
> like ftp or telnet.  This will ensure that the queuing will not
> interfere with writing to mysql and will give you a limited testbed in
> order to work to get the queueing working properly.
>
> Axton Grams
>
>
> On 1/23/06, Michael W Cocke <cocke () catherders com> wrote:
> > <sigh>  What I forgot to write was that I'm currently running
> > snort_inline _AND_ snort, exactly like this -
> >
> > snort_inline -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -Q
> > snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
> >
> > If I drop the -Q from the snort command line (or the snort_inline
> > command line), database writes work fine.  What I have no confidence
> > in and no way to test is if anything is actually being done with the
> > packets in the queue.
> >
> > Database connectivity is working fine - as long as I don't try to use
> > the QUEUE facility in either snort or snort_inline.
> >
> > Mike-
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:14:14 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > > First, verify connectivity to the db host using the mysql client on
> > > the sensor?  should be something along the lines of:
> > >
> > > # mysql -p
> > > Enter password: xxx
> > > Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
> > > Your MySQL connection id is 28 to server version: x.x.x
> > >
> > >
> > > Did you configure the db for logging use in snort.conf?  The line
> > > should look something like:
> > >
> > > output database: log, mysql, user=<user> password=<passsword>
> > > dbname=<db name> host=<host>
> > >
> > > If so, did you create the tables in the db for snort to use to log the
> > > alerts using ./snort-2.4.3/schemas/create_mysql?
> > >
> > > If so, did you give the proper grants to the tables for
> > > insert/update/delete, where appropriate, to the user defined in the
> > > snort.conf file?
> > >
> > > Axton Grams
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/23/06, Michael W Cocke <cocke () catherders com> wrote:
> > > > I was absolutely certain that it was something that I did wrong, so I
> > > > went back to the beginning, reinstalled all the requires, compiled
> > > > snort from scratch, turned on every log file I could find, and built a
> > > > rule to log every occurence of GET on port 80.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried both snort and snort-inline compiled with --enable-inline
> > > > and --with-mysql.  Running with this command line snort -Q -c
> > > > /etc/snort/snort.conf -v (replace snort with snort_inline as you
> > > > wish).  I get lots of screen activity from the -v, but snort doesn't
> > > > write anything to a mysql database. Neither does snort_inline
> > > > 2.4.3-RC3, compiled with the same options.
> > > >
> > > > If anyone has a suggestion or would like me to try something, email
> > > > me.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike-
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