Re: snort mixes multiple (unrelated) payloads into one alert

["Eric J. Bowser" <ebowser () neobright net>]

Jason wrote:
> The problem is packet loss. A single buffer is used for reassembly. If
> you are missing packets when reassembly is done then the old data is
> still in the gaps...

So to make sure I have this right... mixed data happens when there is packet
loss.  Turning on "zero_flushed_packets" will prevent the mixing, causing me
to see all 0x00 instead.

If running "zero_flushed_packets" has a performance hit associated, won't it
increase incidence of dropped packets, and make the reassembly problem even
worse?

Thanks for the info so far guys, keep it coming =)

~Eric

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