Re: rules for Snort Inline

[Risto Vaarandi <risto.vaarandi () seb ee>]

Joel Esler wrote:
> Any rule can be converted to an inline rule by changing the keyword.   
> In my opinion I wouldn't like someone else making a decision about  what 
> to drop (control) on _my_ network.

hi Joel,
good point - I was just looking for a better starting point for tuning 
the rules (I can change 'drop' back to 'alert' exactly like 'alert' to 
'drop', if needed).
br,
risto

> Joel
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Risto Vaarandi wrote:
>
> > > hi all,
> > > I have had Snort running in IDS mode for some time, and would now like
> > > deploy it in Inline mode for actually dropping malicious traffic.
> > > However, the Snort rules available at http://www.snort.org/rules/ have
> > > been configured to produce alerts only, and the user has to test each
> > > rule whether the 'drop', 'reject' or other such action would be  suitable
> > > for his/her environment.
> > > Since testing rules one by one involves a lot of time, I started to  look
> > > for rule collections designed specifically for Snort Inline, and  located
> > > the rulesets at BleedingSnort (http://www.bleedingsnort.com/ rules/). My
> > > question is - are there any similar projects around for creating rules
> > > for Snort Inline?
> > > I understand that for some rules it is difficult to verify that they
> > > don't block anything legitimate, yet there could be rules which almost
> > > never produce false positives. If someone has created a collection of
> > > such rules, I'd be thankful for the pointers.
> > > br,
> > > risto
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