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New Post 9/3/2007 2:00 PM
  Simone
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problem during "Upload plocies to sensors": snort.conf loose some comma 
Hi, I am running IDS Policy manager SA version 2.1.0.16 with snort 2.8.0.beta and bleeding edge rules.
Everytime, when I upload policies to sensor snort.conf loose some comma in this line:
preprocessor frag3_global: max_frags 131072 memcap 67108864 prealloc_frags 21676
and snort alert me "there is a problem in snort.conf, line xxx"
If I replace the line in this manner:
preprocessor frag3_global: max_frags 131072, memcap 67108864, prealloc_frags 21676
snort is ok.

Thanks for the help

Sincerly

Simone


 
New Post 9/3/2007 6:34 PM
  Jeff Dell
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Re: problem during "Upload plocies to sensors": snort.conf loose some comma 
The format has changed in Snort 2.8 for this preprocessor. Currently IDSPM doesn't support Snort 2.8 as it is still very much in Beta. Over the next few months we will start to add support, but won't officially support it until the final is released.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Cheers,
Jeff
 
New Post 9/4/2007 9:42 AM
  Simone
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Re: problem during "Upload plocies to sensors": snort.conf loose some comma 
Thank you for your reply but...
I see this problem the first time when I used snort versione 2.7.
Anyway the right syntax for the line is:
preprocessor frag3_global: max_frags 131072, memcap 67108864, prealloc_frags 21676
every argument is separated by a comma, and not:
preprocessor frag3_global: max_frags 131072 memcap 67108864 prealloc_frags 21676
as IDS policy manager upload to the sensor.

Thank in advance

Ceers

Simone
 
New Post 9/4/2007 12:54 PM
  Jeff Dell
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Re: problem during "Upload plocies to sensors": snort.conf loose some comma 
hmm.. When you look at the example in Snort 2.7 it has:
#preprocessor frag3_global: max_frags 65536 prealloc_frags 262144

And in Snort 2.8 beta it has:
#preprocessor frag3_global: max_frags 65536, prealloc_frags 262144

Maybe the example in Snort 2.7 was missing the comma and that is what we went by, which is incorrect. It also says in the README.frag3 in Snort 2.8 that the configuration options are space separated, but in the examples in the same doc are comma seperated.. something is not documented correctly. I will take a closer look.

Thanks for the feedback!

Cheers,
Jeff
 
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