Re: Getting Incorrect URL Error Message for a working URL

["Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco com>]

You won’t be able to pull 2.9.6.0 rules unless you are a subscriber, as they are only available to subscribers for the 
first 30 days.  If you pull 2.9.5.6, they should work.


On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:54 PM, MMartin () jwpepper com<mailto:MMartin () jwpepper com> wrote:

Hello All,

Installed Version: Snort v2.9.6.0  --and--  Oinkmaster v2.0

Let me start by saying I am new to Snort, but I have it configured and running in IDS mode. The issue I'm having is 
with Oinkmaster.pl, which is telling me the URL I am giving is incorrect. Sorry if this was asked before, but I tried 
checking the mail-list's archive for a similar situation at but without a search function it was impossible to find a 
similar case...

But anyway, I am a registered User on snort.org<http://snort.org> and I generated an "Oinkcode" from My Account page in 
order to get a URL configured for oinkmaster to update my rules.

I added the following URL from my "My Oinkcode" page, under "Registered User Release", which was generated using my 
specific code that was given to me, which I added  to my "/etc/oinkmaster.conf" file: (*FYI, I hid my OinkCode with 
'xxx....' below)

http://www.snort.org/reg-rules/snortrules-snapshot-2931.tar.gz/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This link was the default one given as an example so I tried the ".../snortrules-snapshot-2960.tar.gz/..." because that 
is the Snort version I currently have installed, and when I open that in a browser I get this error below..:

Snort.org<http://Snort.org> Rule Pack Download Error:
     --------------------------
     Subscription: false
     --------------------------
     No rule pack with this filename is available to you.
     --------------------------

I assume since this is the newest version of Snort available, the rules are not yet ready for download...?
So I tried the next newest release, which was --> "snortrules-snapshot-2956.tar.gz"

http://www.snort.org/reg-rules/snortrules-snapshot-2956.tar.gz/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I entered that URL above into a browser, and when the page loads I'm prompted with a download dialog to download the 
snortrules-snapshot.
Since I got a download prompt I assume this is the correct URL for me to use. So I entered the following line in my 
oinkmaster.conf file:

url = http://www.snort.org/reg-rules/snortrules-snapshot-2956.tar.gz/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Now, when I run the oinkmaster command to update/download the newest rule's file I get an error about the URL, see 
below:

# oinkmaster -o /etc/snort/rules
Loading /etc/oinkmaster.conf

/usr/local/bin/oinkmaster: Error: incorrect URL: 
"http://www.snort.org/reg-rules/snortrules-snapshot-2931.tar.gz/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";

Oink, oink. Exiting...

Since the URL works in a browser I'm not sure why it wouldn't work from the oinkmaster.pl command..?
Does anyone know why this would be happening? Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.


Thanks in Advance,
Matt


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