Re: rules file doesn't work properly, no DoS or portscan detected...

[waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net>]

On 5/25/2013 16:30, Gijs van der Velden wrote:
> There is only one interface on the system so I left it as not set, but when I
> set it the same thing happens.

i've always been under the impression that one should always supply "-i 
interface"...

> I don't get it since snort is actually capturing packets as well, but maybe its
> only capturing outgoing packets?

weird... what interface does it say it is using? you should be able to find that 
in the log...

>  > Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:58 -0400
>  > From: wkitty42 () windstream net
>  > To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
>  > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] rules file doesn't work properly, no DoS or
> portscan detected...
>  >
>  > On 5/25/2013 08:42, Gijs van der Velden wrote:
>  > > I just started snort with:
>  > >
>  > > snort -c D:\Snort\etc\snort.conf -l D:\Snort\log -T –daq pcap
>  > >
>  > > And it came up with the error active response: can't open ip!
>  > > Maybe this is the cause of the problem?
>  >
>  > what interface are you trying to have snort watch?


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