Re: FYI: Empty IP used either as source IP or as destination IP in a rule. IP list: [].

[Jason Brvenik <jasonb () sourcefire com>]

I say use the tools you have to do the job you need when it needs to
be done, just don't complain that the screws don't hold as well when
you hammer them in.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com> wrote:
> Nice.  Then I'd rather see these rules used there instead of in Snort.
>  Snort is not a firewall.
> J
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Shirk Dog <shirkdog_list () hotmail com>
> wrote:
> > Get with it finchy.
> >
> > http://www.emergingthreats.net/fwrules/
> >
> > Shirkdog
> > ' or 1=1--
> > http://www.shirkdog.us
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:15:42 -0400
> > From: jesler () sourcefire com
> > To: jlay () slave-tothe-box net
> > CC: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] FYI: Empty IP used either as source IP or as
> > destination IP in a rule. IP list: [].
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Ruleset gets updated at midnight:
> >
> >
> > Apr 28 06:29:52 gateway snort[12383]: FATAL ERROR: >
> > /chroot/snort/etc/snort/rules/emerging-drop.rules(49) => Empty IP used
> > either as source IP or as destination IP in a rule. IP list: [].
> >
> > This is an emerging threats rule, so they'll see this email.  However, I'd
> > still love to see these IP lists developed into Firewall rules for different
> > Firewalls, or even routers.  People could then utilize the proper device to
> > drop the traffic to and from these IPs instead of trying to use an IPS as a
> > firewall.  This has needed to be done for a long time coming now.
> >
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