Re: HTTP Inspect with only a GET request.

[Russ Combs <rcombs () sourcefire com>]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 2:09 PM, James Lay <digitalx00 () gmail com> wrote:
> On May 22, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com> wrote:
>
> On May 22, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Russ Combs <rcombs () sourcefire com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Shawn Lee <dashawn () gmail com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the input. That works great on static files. Is there a way to
> have this work with snort listening to an interface in IDS mode?
>
>
> Presently, not without the ACK.
>
>
> To clarify, this will work if you use "preprocessor normalize_tcp: ips"
> directive in your snort.conf.
>
> --
> Joel Esler
> Senior Research Engineer, VRT
> OpenSource Community Manager
> Sourcefire
>
>
> Will this work even if you're not running IPS mode?  I've always wondered to
> leave the IPS mode jazz in my config or not..thanks Joel.

No, which is why I said, in IDS mode, you need the ack.

But you can leave the IPS setting in your conf.  It will be give a
warning and otherwise be ignored in passive mode:

"WARNING: tcp normalizations disabled because not inline."
> James
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