Re: reading log files

[Russ Combs <rcombs () sourcefire com>]

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Lay, James <james.lay () wincofoods com>wrote:

> *From:* Pratik Narang [mailto:pratik.cse.bits () gmail com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:32 AM
> *To:* snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> *Subject:* [Snort-users] reading log files****
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> Hi all,
>
> Some one please, please help me out- HOW do i read the log files generated
> with Snort??? - snort.log.<timestamp>
>
> And WHAT about those generate using Barnyard2 - snort.u2.<timestamp> ???**
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> Pratik,****
>
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> The snort.log.timestamp files are text…anything that reads text files will
> work.  As for the u2 files, those are unified binary files…read with
> u2spewfoo that should have come with Snort.  Help that helps.****
>
> ** **
>
> James

You can also use u2boat, another utility that comes with Snort, to convert
the u2 packets to pcap to view with Wireshark.

> ****
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