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Re: [Snort-users] Snort ids fatal error

To: "Patrick S. Harper" <patrick@internetsecurityguru.com>
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort ids fatal error
From: Joel Esler <joel.esler@sourcefire.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:45:51 -0500
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Definately need to upgrade versions.

You could also put the path that unicode.map is located on line 285.  But I 
suggest you just move it to the right place.


On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 06:31:11AM -0600, it looks like Patrick S. Harper sent 
me:
> You need to use the latest version of Snort, and move the file from
> ~/snort-2.1.2/etc to /etc/snort
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: snort-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:snort-users-
> > bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of taree ahmed
> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:25 AM
> > To: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Snort-users] Snort ids fatal error
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >   Dear team, could you please provide any clue in this regard
> > .Detail is as follows :
> > 
> > whenever i try to run startup script for snort which is located in :
> > cd /etc/init.d/ , it doesnot start snort
> > 
> > ./snort start
> > 
> > Starting Intrusion Database System: SNORT
> > 
> > no service is starting as confirmed from  :  ps -ax | grep snort
> > 
> > if we further scrutinize to "cat snort", following command gives error
> > :
> > 
> >  $SNORT_PATH/snort -c $CONFIG -i $IFACE -g $SNORT_GID $OPTIONS
> > 
> > what this command does is as follows :
> > 
> > snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth0 -g snort -D
> > 
> > The output of this command is as follows :
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------------------------------
> > [root@localhost bin]# snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth0 -g snort
> > Running in IDS mode
> > Log directory = /var/log/snort
> > 
> > Initializing Network Interface eth0
> > 
> >         --== Initializing Snort ==--
> > Initializing Output Plugins!
> > Decoding Ethernet on interface eth0
> > Initializing Preprocessors!
> > Initializing Plug-ins!
> > Parsing Rules file /etc/snort/snort.conf
> > 
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Initializing rule chains...
> > ,-----------[Flow Config]----------------------
> > | Stats Interval:  0
> > | Hash Method:     2
> > | Memcap:          10485760
> > | Rows  :          4099
> > | Overhead Bytes:  16400(%0.16)
> > `----------------------------------------------
> > No arguments to frag2 directive, setting defaults to:
> >     Fragment timeout: 60 seconds
> >     Fragment memory cap: 4194304 bytes
> >     Fragment min_ttl:   0
> >     Fragment ttl_limit: 5
> >     Fragment Problems: 0
> >     Self preservation threshold: 500
> >     Self preservation period: 90
> >     Suspend threshold: 1000
> >     Suspend period: 30
> > Stream4 config:
> >     Stateful inspection: ACTIVE
> >     Session statistics: INACTIVE
> >     Session timeout: 30 seconds
> >     Session memory cap: 8388608 bytes
> >     State alerts: INACTIVE
> >     Evasion alerts: INACTIVE
> >     Scan alerts: INACTIVE
> >     Log Flushed Streams: INACTIVE
> >     MinTTL: 1
> >     TTL Limit: 5
> >     Async Link: 0
> >     State Protection: 0
> >     Self preservation threshold: 50
> >     Self preservation period: 90
> >     Suspend threshold: 200
> >     Suspend period: 30
> > Stream4_reassemble config:
> >     Server reassembly: INACTIVE
> >     Client reassembly: ACTIVE
> >     Reassembler alerts: ACTIVE
> >     Zero out flushed packets: INACTIVE
> >     flush_data_diff_size: 500
> >     Ports: 21 23 25 53 80 110 111 143 513 1433
> >     Emergency Ports: 21 23 25 53 80 110 111 143 513 1433
> > ERROR: /etc/snort/snort.conf(285) => Invalid file name for IIS Unicode
> > Map file.
> > Fatal Error, Quitting..
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Now, if we read line#285 of snort.conf as indicated by error , it
> > points to unicode.map
> > 
> > line#284: preprocessor http_inspect: global \
> > line#285:     iis_unicode_map unicode.map 1252
> > 
> > unicode.map is located in cd ~/snort-2.1.2/etc and there seems nothing
> > wrong with this file.
> > 
> > can you help me figure out problem ?
> > 
> > thanks.
> > 
> >               tariq ahmad
> > 
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