Re: Query on the format of 'icode' and 'itype' options

["Justin Heath" <justin.heath () gmail com>]

No problem.

I have added a bug to our queue to print out a waring on invalid usage
of this option.

Once again the syntax itype:> x > y will be evaluated as itype:> x.


Cheers,
Justin Heath

On 4/4/07, Suresh Kumar J <suresh.kumar.j () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Justin,
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> I was expecting that Snort2.6 would throw some error message stating
> the syntax is not meaningful.
>
> How about the following constructs:
> itype:> x > y
> itype:< x < y
>
> All these confusions arises because of the ambiguous syntax of the
> 'itype' and 'icode' options.
>
> --Suresh
>
> On 4/4/07, Justin Heath <justin.heath () gmail com> wrote:
> > Suresh,
> >
> > This syntax is technically invalid. The range portion of your
> > construct is going to be ignored using this syntax. For example,
> > itype:> x <> y will be evaluated as itype:> x.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justin Heath
> >
> > On 4/4/07, Suresh Kumar J <suresh.kumar.j () gmail com> wrote:
> > > I wanted to hear from the Snort developers/experts about the validity
> > > of the following usages of 'itype' and 'icode' constructs. These
> > > options are accepted by the Snort 2.6 tool, but am not sure if they
> > > make any sense:
> > > itype:> x <> y
> > > itype:< x <> y
> > > itype:> x > y
> > > itype:< x < y
> > >
> > > --Suresh
> > >
> > > On 4/4/07, Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com> wrote:
> > > > When in doubt, test it out!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 12:38:20PM +0530, it looks like Suresh Kumar J sent me:
> > > > > Just to clarify, I have used '41' and '80' just as an example. My
> > > > > question was on the syntax of the 'itype' and 'icode' constructs...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/4/07, Suresh Kumar J <suresh.kumar.j () gmail com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a question on the format of the 'icode' and 'itype' options
> > > > > > since it seems to cause confusion.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Below is the format of the 'itype' and 'icode' options as defined in v2.6.x:
> > > > > > itype: [<|>]<number>[<><number>];
> > > > > > icode: [<|>]<number>[<><number>];
> > > > > >
> > > > > > With this format, I know that the following options are valid:
> > > > > > (itype:<41;)
> > > > > > (itype:>80;)
> > > > > > (itype:41<>80;)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I wanted to know whether or not the following options are valid and
> > > > > > really make sense:
> > > > > > (itype:>41<80)
> > > > > > (itype:>41<>80)
> > > > > > (itype:<41<>80)
> > > > > > (itype:>41>80)
> > > > > > (itype:<41<80)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Appreciate your inputs.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > > > > Suresh Kumar J
> > > > >
> > > > >
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