Re: Problems on Flowbits Option

[Luo Xin <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>]

Oh, I see. Thank you so much! I am not so familiar with those options as to help me better use snort. I shall read more 
about flow and flowbits as well as other related machanisms. I really appreciate your help!

发件人: "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco com>
日期: 2017年4月13日 星期四 上午8:48
至: Luo Xin <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>
主题: Re: [Snort-users] Problems on Flowbits Option

Hence the name flowbits.

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On Apr 12, 2017, at 20:37, Luo Xin <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com<mailto:kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>> wrote:
Um… But aren’t the states transiting by means of judging those flags? And is it a necessity to use flowbits on the 
basis of an established flow?

在 2017/4/13 上午8:33，“Joel Esler (jesler)”<jesler () cisco com<mailto:jesler () cisco com>> 写入:

   Oh I'm sorry I didn't see what you did there.  I don't think you set and track flowbits on just flags, as there's no 
flow established on the three way handshake yet.

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On Apr 12, 2017, at 20:25, Luo Xin <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com<mailto:kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>> wrote:

Thank you for taking time to reply!
In fact, I think I have set the states S1, S2 and S3. Are those wrong use of flowbits? I have actually been desired to 
track the states of protocol and detect some anomaly behaviors.

在 2017/4/12 下午7:16，“Joel Esler (jesler)”<jesler () cisco com<mailto:jesler () cisco com>> 写入:

  I don't see anywhere where you are "set" ting a flowbit.   So you aren't tracking anything.   That's why you are 
getting the result you want.

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On Apr 11, 2017, at 23:35, Luo Xin <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com<mailto:kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>> wrote:

alert tcp any any -> $HOME_NET any (msg: "State 1"; GID: 1; sid: 10000001; flags: S; flowbits: isnotset, S1; flowbits: 
set, S1;)
alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> any any (msg: "State 2"; GID: 1; sid: 10000002; flags: SA; flowbits: isset, S1; flowbits: 
set, S2;)
alert tcp any any -> $HOME_NET any (msg: "State 3"; GID: 1; sid: 10000003; flags: A; flowbits: isset, S2; flowbits: 
set, S3;)

My rules are something like this, and I hope to use this to detect syn flooding attacks. So how is it possible to 
describe the situation that is not accepted by the state machine?

在 2017/4/12 上午10:25，“Al Lewis (allewi)”<allewi () cisco com<mailto:allewi () cisco com>> 写入:

 It will help if you provided an example.

 “My rules don’t work” isnt much to go on :-)


 Albert Lewis
 ENGINEER.SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
 SOURCEfire, Inc. now part of Cisco
 Email: allewi () cisco com<mailto:allewi () cisco com>








 On 4/11/17, 9:58 PM, "Luo Xin" <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com<mailto:kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>> wrote:



I am trying to build a state machine for TCP or other protocols. But I don’t know why my rules donn’t work. ☹

发件人: "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco com<mailto:jesler () cisco com><mailto:jesler () cisco com>>
日期: 2017年4月10日 星期一 下午11:55
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主题: Re: [Snort-users] Problems on Flowbits Option

Many people have done what you are trying to do.  What are you trying to do??


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On Apr 10, 2017, at 3:55 AM, Luo Xin <kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com<mailto:kingsleyluoxin () hotmail 
com><mailto:kingsleyluoxin () hotmail com>> wrote:

Hello, everyone!


I have been confused about the flowbits option. According to the snort manual, it is possible to use this option to 
implement a simple state machine. I have been trying to do that, but my tries prove to be failure. I have been 
wondering if I have wrong understanding about this flowbits option.


Is there anybody that has ever used flowbits option to implement a protocol state machine? If any, would you please be 
so kind as to help me solve my puzzles?


Any help shall be appreciated .
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