Re: Problem with http_inspect and Basic Authentication rule

[Russ Combs <rcombs () sourcefire com>]

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:43 AM, andreas <andi () geekosphere org> wrote:

> On 07/04/2011 04:37 PM, Joel Esler wrote:
> > Try 2.9.1 beta.
>
> I will,
> but i also found out that setting client_flow_depth to 1460 (or at least
> over the default 300 value) results in the alert.
> Is this default value with 300 set for better performance? The problem
> with a low value is the issue i mentioned. The HTTP Request may be a
> little bit longer and snort doesn't log the request.
> But it may be that this is the intention for the default value to
> increase performance and to accept some rules to fail.

Yes - it is there to help tune performance and should be adjusted to meet
your needs.

> I will report if i can see any differences with the beta.
>
> thanks so far
>
> Andi++
>
>
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