Re: Snort only alert about traffic with an specific IP

[Jason Brvenik <jasonb () sourcefire com>]

Are you monitoring a span or mirror port?


Berta Alcala wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried with this rule (only this rule, the rest were commented in 
> snort.conf):
>
> alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:"TCP traffic";sid:1000011; rev:1;)
>
> The only alerts registered are those which have my IP (source or 
> destination). Using Ethereal I only see traffic with my IP as source, or 
> destination, or broadcast traffic. I can not see a ping command between 
> two others PCs with Ethereal, neither with Snort (I attach a pcap file)
>
> I have this information in snort.conf:
>
> var HOME_NET 172.18.64.0/19 <http://172.18.64.0/19>
> var EXTERNAL_NET any
> var DNS_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> var SMTP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> var HTTP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> var SQL_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> var TELNET_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> var SNMP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
>
> Snort is installed as a Windows service with this command line:
> snort /SERVICE /INSTALL -dev -c c:\Snort\etc\snort.conf -l c:\Snort\log -i2
>
> I use Windows XP+Snort 2.7+Base
>
> Jason, How can I disable checksum?
>
> 2008/5/27 Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com 
> <mailto:pschmehl_lists () tx rr com>>:
>
>
>
>
>     Thousands of security professionals worldwide are using snort
>     successfully. So, you can start with the safe assumption that the
>     problem isn't snort.
>
>     Whether or not snort alerts on traffic is entirely dependent upon
>     two things:
>     1) Traffic is passing the interface that snort is listening on
>     2) You have snort properly configured to see that traffic.
>
>     If you've convinced yourself, using Ethereal, that traffic *is*
>     being seen on that interface, then that narrows the problem down to
>     your configuration of snort.
>
>     What have you defined $HOME_NET as?
>     What have you defined $EXTERNAL_NET as?
>     What rules have you enabled in snort.conf?
>     What's your startup options for snort (what interface, where do you
>     log, etc.)?
>
>     To quickly see if snort is working at all, write a rule that looks
>     for everything:
>
>     alert ip any any -> any any (msg:"Testing for detection capability";
>     sid:1000001; rev:1;)
>
>     Don't even bother editing sid-msg.map.  All you care about is seeing
>     that alerts are being generated.  Depending upon your traffic, this
>     could generate a ton of alerts in short order, so be prepared to
>     shut down snort before you get overwhelmed.
>
>     What are you using to view the alerts?
>
>     -- 
>     Paul Schmehl
>     As if it wasn't already obvious,
>     my opinions are my own and not
>     those of my employer.
>
>
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