Re: Preprocessor disabling question

[SnortFan <SnortFan () yahoo com>]

If I place an entry in the disablesid.conf. For example: 129:12 

It does take the preprocessor out of the snort.rules file. 

Would that be ok or am I going to break something?

Thanks,
Ed

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> On Feb 18, 2014, at 4:37 PM, SnortFan <SnortFan () yahoo com> wrote:
>
> Aren't they now rolled into the snort.rules file in the VRT-preprocessor Rules Category? I no longer push a 
> preprocessor.rules file to my sensors. I'm using pulledpork v7. 
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> Sent from a mobile device. 
>
> > On Feb 18, 2014, at 3:11 PM, "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco com> wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 18, 2014, at 12:47 PM, SnortFan <SnortFan () yahoo com> wrote:
> >
> > >     Other than suppressing in the threshold.conf file on each sensor, what is the best way to disable a few of the 
> > > preprocessors by Sid #? I've searched and nothing I'm reading is very clear. 
> >
> > You could comment them out in preprocessor.rules.
> >
> > > I'm using pulledpork, but would placing a disable in the disablesid.conf work for a preprocessor?
> >
> > I think so, but I’m not 100% on that, I’d defer that questions to JJ.
> >
> > > I've read mention of modifying the snort.conf but I don't see how you would block an individual Sid. 
> > >
> > > If the only option is the threshold.conf, is it possible to do an include statement in the file, so I would then 
> > > push out a universal set of suppressions to all my sensors and beable to update them all at once. 
> >
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