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Re: PortVar lookup


From: "Kun, Mike" <mkun () akamai com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:58:59 -0400

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Thanks Parker. I missed that the portvar variables weren't defined in
the new version

- -Mike

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From: Crook, Parker [mailto:Parker_Crook () reyrey com]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:40 PM
To: Kun, Mike; snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: RE: PortVar lookup

Mike,

I know when I threw your rule into my lab's local.rules file, I had to
go and define $SMTP_PORTS, as this is no longer defined by default in
snort.conf.  Other than that, peachy.

- -Parker

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From: Kun, Mike [mailto:mkun () akamai com]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:11 PM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: [Snort-users] PortVar lookup

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I just added a new local rule to look for outbound SMTP traffic
exclusive of SMTP servers, but when I try to initialize Snort I get "
FATAL ERROR: /etc/snort/rules/local.rules(1) ***Src PortVar Lookup
failed on ''."

The rule is alert tcp !$SMTP_SERVERS any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $SMTP_PORTS
(msg:"LOCAL: Suspicious SMTP Traffic"; flow:established; content:"EHLO";
offset:0; classtype:misc-activity; sid:1000001;)

This is working fine on an older version of Snort, so I assume I have to
configure something...

- - -Mike
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