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Re: Pass rules need SID in 2.6.1


From: Frank Knobbe <frank () knobbe us>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:58:10 -0600

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 10:05 -0500, Justin Heath wrote:
It's not just pass rules that require SID.

SID's act as a unique identifier for a rule. This is why they are
required. Plus it's just good practice.

But only for alert/log output. A SID is not really required for a silent
PASS. It wasn't in the past. Any reason it is required now?

-Frank



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