Re: "Bad range" error

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

We're taking a look at this as we speak. 

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On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:07 AM, Peter Bates <peter.bates () ucl ac uk> wrote:

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> Hello all
>
> In the output from my daily restart of Snort,
> this morning I saw the following:
>
> Starting snort service: Bad range: 3038303030303030
> Bad range: 3038303030303030
> Bad range: 3038303030303030
> Bad range: 3038303030303030
> Bad range: 3038303030303030
> Spawning daemon child...
>
> A quick grep for the number shows it in 5 rules in the 'FILE-OFFICE'
> category, SIDS 21902-21906:
>
> alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET $FILE_DATA_PORTS -> $HOME_NET any
> <snip>
> byte_test:8,>,3038303030303030,-8,relative,little,string,hex;
> <snip>
> sid:21906; rev:1;)
>
> Is this an error, or a sign I should move to 2.9.2.x?
>
> - -- 
> Peter Bates
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