Re: base64 for http_inspect

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

Paul,

Most of everyone who can properly answer this question is at Blackhat/Defcon.  I know there is more base64 decoding in 
snort-2.9.0.  I don't want to speculate on why we you are seeing it in snort-2.8.6.1.  

J

On Jul 30, 2010, at 3:41 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote:

> Would someone please explain this statement in the README.http_inspect doc for 
> snort 2.8.6.1?
>
> --Options Available Under Stateful Inspection--
>
> * base64 [yes/no] *
>
> Enables base64 decoding of certain fields where stateful inspection
> determines that base64 encoding is present.
>
> I've tried the following:
>
> Adding base64 yes to the global config - fails
> Adding base64 yes to a server profile - fails
> Adding a separate line as follows:
> preprocessor http_inspect: stateful inspection base64 yes - fails
>
> How do you implement base64 decoding for http_inspect?
>
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