Re: [Snort-users] Re: [Snort-devel] portscan events not showing up in base

This is a discussion on Re: [Snort-users] Re: [Snort-devel] portscan events not showing up in base within the Snort forums, part of the System Security and Security Related category; Didn't seem to do the trick... anyone have any other ideas? =20 Also, I tried switching it from portscan2....


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John Newman
 
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Default Re: [Snort-users] Re: [Snort-devel] portscan events not showing up in base

Didn't seem to do the trick... anyone have any other ideas? =20

Also, I tried switching it from portscan2.log to portscan.log,
rebuilding my alert cache in base, a few other things... still can't get
portscans to show up.

thanks
--

John

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:25:55PM -0500, John Newman wrote:
> Could this be the answer to my problem:
>=20
> base_conf.php has this setting, which I just set:
>=20
> /* Snort spp_portscan log file */
> $portscan_file =3D '/var/log/snort/portscan2.log';
>=20
> Maybe this will do the trick!
>=20
> On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:05:16PM -0500, John Newman wrote:
> > Oh, looks like this is for for flow-portscan, which I'm not using.
> > Maybe I should? How does it compare to sfportscan and portscan2 in
> > people's experience?
> >=20
> > --
> > John
> >=20
> > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:53:32AM -0500, John Newman wrote:
> > > I'm not familiar with this option, or even where this option would go=

=2E..
> > > could you give me more info? =20
> > >=20
> > > thanks!
> > >=20
> > > --
> > > John
> > >=20
> > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:08:41PM -0400, Eric Lauzon wrote:
> > > > Do you use
> > > > the option:
> > > > output-mode pktkludge=20
> > > > ??
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
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> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: snort-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net=20
> > > > > [mailto:snort-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of=20
> > > > > John Newman
> > > > > Sent: 23 mai 2006 12:06
> > > > > To: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net;=20
> > > > > snort-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > > Subject: [Snort-devel] portscan events not showing up in base
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >=20
> > > > > I'm using snort 2.4.4 but not sfportscan, rather the older=20
> > > > > portscan and
> > > > > portscan2 modules. I've just realized that, although=20
> > > > > portscans are being detected just fine, they aren't being=20
> > > > > propagated through barnyard into the base database. =20
> > > > >=20
> > > > > e.g.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > select * from acid_event where sig_name like '%portscan%' and=20
> > > > > timestamp >
> > > > > '2006-05-01 00:00:00';
> > > > >=20
> > > > > returns nothing
> > > > >=20
> > > > > If I change the date portion to sometime last month, before I swi=

tched
> > > > > from sfportscan, I get all sorts of results. Does anyone=20
> > > > > have any clue
> > > > > what might be causing this?
> > > > >=20
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > >=20
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