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      yoda715
      last edited by

      Hmm. Odd. I just rebooted again and it worked. I swear it didn't work last time. I will see if I can find the pattern to reproduce it.

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        yoda715
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        Ignore my previous post, it did it again after a few minutes. After about 5 minutes of up time, the snort process exits. Here's the log:

        Last 200 system log entries
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Snort exiting
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Snort exiting
        Oct 31 22:49:35 kernel: rl1: promiscuous mode disabled
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ===============================================================================
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ===============================================================================
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: PASSED: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: PASSED: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: LOGGED: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: LOGGED: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ALERTS: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ALERTS: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Action Stats:
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Action Stats:
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ===============================================================================
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ===============================================================================
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: DISCARD: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: DISCARD: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: OTHER: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: OTHER: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: FRAG: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: FRAG: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: IPX: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: IPX: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ETHLOOP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ETHLOOP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: IPv6: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: IPv6: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: EAPOL: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: EAPOL: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ARP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ARP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ICMP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ICMP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: UDP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: UDP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: TCP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: TCP: 0 (0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Breakdown by protocol:
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Breakdown by protocol:
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ===============================================================================
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ===============================================================================
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Outstanding: 250(8.648%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Outstanding: 250(8.648%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Dropped: 2641(91.352%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Dropped: 2641(91.352%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Analyzed: 0(0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Analyzed: 0(0.000%)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Snort received 2891 packets
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Snort received 2891 packets
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: –----------------------------- Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: –-----------------------------
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 2097152 Overhead Bytes: 262152
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 2097152 Overhead Bytes: 262152
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ,–---[SERVER STATS]–----------
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ,–---[SERVER STATS]–----------
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 4000016
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 4000016
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: UNIQUE_TRACKER STATS
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: UNIQUE_TRACKER STATS
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Score Entry Size:: 112
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Score Entry Size:: 112
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 6291456 Overhead Bytes: 1000032
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 6291456 Overhead Bytes: 1000032
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Portscanners
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Portscanners
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Score Entry Size:: 112
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Score Entry Size:: 112
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Recovered Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Nodes: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 120048
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 120048
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Active Talkers
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Active Talkers
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: +–-[ Flow-portscan Stats ]–--------------+
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: +–-[ Flow-portscan Stats ]–--------------+
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: finds: 0 reversed: 0(%0.000000) find_success: 0 find_fail: 0 percent_success: (%0.000000) new_flows: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: finds: 0 reversed: 0(%0.000000) find_success: 0 find_fail: 0 percent_success: (%0.000000) new_flows: 0
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: IPV4 count: 0 frees: 0 low_time: 0, high_time: 0, diff: 0h:00:00s
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: IPV4 count: 0 frees: 0 low_time: 0, high_time: 0, diff: 0h:00:00s
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 10485760 Overhead Bytes 16400 used(%0.156403)/blocks (16400/1) Overhead blocks: 1 Could Hold: (0)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Memcap: 10485760 Overhead Bytes 16400 used(%0.156403)/blocks (16400/1) Overhead blocks: 1 Could Hold: (0)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ,–--[ FLOWCACHE STATS ]–--------
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: ,–--[ FLOWCACHE STATS ]–--------
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Final Flow Statistics
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Final Flow Statistics
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: *** Caught Term-Signal
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: *** Caught Term-Signal
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=968)
        Oct 31 22:49:35 snort[968]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=968)
        Oct 31 22:49:33 kernel: stray irq7
        Oct 31 22:49:27 kernel: stray irq7
        Oct 31 22:47:59 php: : phpDynDNS: No Change In My IP Address and/or 25 Days Has Not Past. Not Updating Dynamic DNS Entry.
        Oct 31 22:47:59 php: : DynDns: Cached IP: *********
        Oct 31 22:47:59 php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: *********
        Oct 31 22:47:59 php: : DynDns: _detectChange() starting.
        Oct 31 22:47:59 php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
        Oct 31 22:47:59 php: : DynDns: Running updatedns()
        Oct 31 22:47:50 check_reload_status: updating dyndns
        Oct 31 22:47:50 php: : [SNORT] Snort_dynamic_ip_reload.php is starting.
        Oct 31 22:47:14 SnortStartup[1307]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 16M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 270M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:
        Oct 31 22:46:57 snort2c[1254]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 1254
        Oct 31 22:46:57 snort2c[1254]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 1254
        Oct 31 22:46:57 snort[1198]: Daemon parent exiting
        Oct 31 22:46:57 snort[1198]: Daemon parent exiting
        Oct 31 22:46:56 snort[1198]: Child exited unexpectedly
        Oct 31 22:46:56 snort[1198]: Child exited unexpectedly
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1251]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_rl1.pid" for PID "1251"
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1251]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_rl1.pid" for PID "1251"
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1251]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1251]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1251]: Var 'rl1_ADDRESS' redefined
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1251]: Var 'rl1_ADDRESS' redefined
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Initializing daemon mode
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Initializing daemon mode
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: , value = 24.99.96.0/255.255.252.0
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: , value = 24.99.96.0/255.255.252.0
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Var 'rl1_ADDRESS' defined, value len = 24 chars
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Var 'rl1_ADDRESS' defined, value len = 24 chars
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'dce.isystemactivator.bind.call.attempt' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'dce.isystemactivator.bind.call.attempt' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'dce.bind.veritas' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'dce.bind.veritas' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'fkwp_conn_suc_cts' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'fkwp_conn_suc_cts' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'odf.file' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'odf.file' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'backdoor.charon.download.log.1' is checked but not ever set.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'backdoor.charon.download.log.1' is checked but not ever set.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'optixlite_fai_conn_cts' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'optixlite_fai_conn_cts' is set but not ever checked.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'ms_sql_seen_dns' is checked but not ever set.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Warning: flowbits key 'ms_sql_seen_dns' is checked but not ever set.
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Log directory = /var/log/snort
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Log directory = /var/log/snort
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Rule application order: ->activation->dynamic->pass->drop->alert->log
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: Rule application order: ->activation->dynamic->pass->drop->alert->log
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | none
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | none
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: +–---------------------[suppression]–----------------------------------------
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: +–---------------------[suppression]–----------------------------------------
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7760 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7760 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7531 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=6000
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7531 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=6000
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5829 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5829 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5891 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5891 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7182 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7182 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6290 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6290 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5836 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5836 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7593 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7593 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=8464 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=8464 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=8071 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=8071 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6490 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6490 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5824 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=60
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5824 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=60
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5945 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=5945 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7558 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7558 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6232 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6232 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6174 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=6174 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=300
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7141 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600
        Oct 31 22:46:55 snort[1198]: | gen-id=1 sig-id=7141 type=Limit tracking=src count=1 seconds=600

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          Not enough ram.

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            yoda715
            last edited by

            I have 512mb, and after clicking 'save' it boots up fine. Far as I can tell no other processes are killed either.

            And this line is incorrect:
            Oct 31 22:47:14    SnortStartup[1307]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 16M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 270M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:

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              sullrich
              last edited by

              We recommend 1024 megs.

              http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=ReleaseCaveats

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                yoda715
                last edited by

                Yea I've seen that. I didn't have problems with starting up until 1.0.1. I'll try getting more ram and see if that  solves it.

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                  sullrich
                  last edited by

                  Nothing in snort changed in 1.0.1 except for 2 filter rules changes and the startup messages shown in the system log.

                  Hardly anything related to this.

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                    yoda715
                    last edited by

                    Upgraded to a new system: P4 2.4ghz, 1GB ram, 300gb HD (with 2gb swap).

                    Snort will not start up upon reboot. I have to click 'Save' under settings each time to get it to boot up.

                    I now have plenty of memory. When Snort does startup properly after clicking save, the total memory usage hovers around 57%. So I know it's not a memory issue now.

                    Also, there is no way this log statement is correct:
                    Nov 3 06:23:35 SnortStartup[1291]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 18M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 444M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:

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                      sullrich
                      last edited by

                      Uninstall snort and reinstall.

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                        yoda715
                        last edited by

                        That seems to have taken care of it. Did you make any changes?

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                          sullrich
                          last edited by

                          You probably installed during the development of the startup notification code.  I'll bump the version this weekend.

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                            yoda715
                            last edited by

                            Grr. I just rebooted again, and it did not start up. I can't seem to find a pattern here.

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                              yoda715
                              last edited by

                              ok. The problem still exists. I've rebooted 5 times. Inbetween each reboot, I waited 10 minutes. During the first 3 minutes on each reboot, Snort would start to initialize. 3-4 minutes after rebooting, snort will exit. Only way to get snort to start is to click 'save' under snort settings. After clicking 'save' and about 3 minutes later, snort completes initialization and I start to receive alerts.

                              Here's the log of when it fails:

                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Snort exiting
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Snort exiting
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 kernel: sis0: promiscuous mode disabled
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ===============================================================================
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ===============================================================================
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: PASSED: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: PASSED: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: LOGGED: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: LOGGED: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ALERTS: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ALERTS: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Action Stats:
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Action Stats:
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ===============================================================================
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ===============================================================================
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: DISCARD: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: DISCARD: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: OTHER: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: OTHER: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: FRAG: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: FRAG: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: IPX: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: IPX: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ETHLOOP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ETHLOOP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: IPv6: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: IPv6: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: EAPOL: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: EAPOL: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ARP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ARP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ICMP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ICMP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: UDP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: UDP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: TCP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: TCP: 0 (0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Breakdown by protocol:
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Breakdown by protocol:
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ===============================================================================
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ===============================================================================
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Outstanding: 709(66.887%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Outstanding: 709(66.887%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Dropped: 351(33.113%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Dropped: 351(33.113%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Analyzed: 0(0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Analyzed: 0(0.000%)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Snort received 1060 packets
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Snort received 1060 packets
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: –----------------------------- Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: –-----------------------------
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 2097152 Overhead Bytes: 262152
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 2097152 Overhead Bytes: 262152
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ,–---[SERVER STATS]–----------
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ,–---[SERVER STATS]–----------
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 4000016
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 4000016
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: UNIQUE_TRACKER STATS
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: UNIQUE_TRACKER STATS
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Score Entry Size:: 112
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Score Entry Size:: 112
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 6291456 Overhead Bytes: 1000032
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 6291456 Overhead Bytes: 1000032
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Portscanners
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Portscanners
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Score Entry Size:: 112
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Score Entry Size:: 112
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Recovered Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Nodes: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Finds: 0 (Sucessful: 0(%0.000000) Unsucessful: 0(%0.000000))
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 120048
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 25165824 Overhead Bytes: 120048
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Active Talkers
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: SCOREBOARD_STATS: Active Talkers
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: +–-[ Flow-portscan Stats ]–--------------+
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: +–-[ Flow-portscan Stats ]–--------------+
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: finds: 0 reversed: 0(%0.000000) find_success: 0 find_fail: 0 percent_success: (%0.000000) new_flows: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: finds: 0 reversed: 0(%0.000000) find_success: 0 find_fail: 0 percent_success: (%0.000000) new_flows: 0
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: IPV4 count: 0 frees: 0 low_time: 0, high_time: 0, diff: 0h:00:00s
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: IPV4 count: 0 frees: 0 low_time: 0, high_time: 0, diff: 0h:00:00s
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 10485760 Overhead Bytes 16400 used(%0.156403)/blocks (16400/1) Overhead blocks: 1 Could Hold: (0)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Memcap: 10485760 Overhead Bytes 16400 used(%0.156403)/blocks (16400/1) Overhead blocks: 1 Could Hold: (0)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ,–--[ FLOWCACHE STATS ]–--------
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: ,–--[ FLOWCACHE STATS ]–--------
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Final Flow Statistics
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Final Flow Statistics
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: *** Caught Term-Signal
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: *** Caught Term-Signal
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=1003)
                              Nov 4 16:18:18 snort[1003]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=1003)
                              Nov 4 16:18:11 check_reload_status: updating dyndns
                              Nov 4 16:18:11 php: : [SNORT] Snort_dynamic_ip_reload.php is starting.
                              Nov 4 16:17:11 SnortStartup[1292]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 18M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 702M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:
                              Nov 4 16:16:54 snort2c[1253]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 1253
                              Nov 4 16:16:54 snort2c[1253]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 1253
                              Nov 4 16:16:54 snort[1092]: Daemon parent exiting
                              Nov 4 16:16:54 snort[1092]: Daemon parent exiting
                              Nov 4 16:16:52 snort[1092]: Child exited unexpectedly
                              Nov 4 16:16:52 snort[1092]: Child exited unexpectedly
                              Nov 4 16:16:51 snort[1242]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_sis0.pid" for PID "1242"
                              Nov 4 16:16:51 snort[1242]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_sis0.pid" for PID "1242"
                              Nov 4 16:16:51 snort[1242]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                              Nov 4 16:16:51 snort[1242]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                              Nov 4 16:16:51 snort[1242]: Var 'sis0_ADDRESS' redefined
                              Nov 4 16:16:51 snort[1242]: Var 'sis0_ADDRESS' redefined

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                                billm
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                                No wisdom to add here, but wtf?!?!?!?

                                Nov 4 16:17:11    SnortStartup[1292]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 18M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 702M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:

                                --Bill

                                pfSense core developer
                                blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                                twitter - billmarquette

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                                  yoda715
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                                  I see the same problem.

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                                    yoda715
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                                    I am also seeing snort randomly restart itself. It seems to happen in the middle of the night. Anyone seeing this in their logs?

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                                      sullrich
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                                      DHCP?  It restarts after renewing the lease.  Normal.

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                                        yoda715
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                                        Ok. That would explain random restarts. However, sometimes when it restarts at night it does not fully initialize and will terminate. I have to click save to start it up again.

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                                          PC_Arcade
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                                          @yoda715:

                                          Ok. That would explain random restarts. However, sometimes when it restarts at night it does not fully initialize and will terminate. I have to click save to start it up again.

                                          I'm getting this as well :

                                          Nov 8 11:27:52 	kernel: fxp2: promiscuous mode disabled
Nov 8 11:27:52 	kernel: pid 83265 (snort), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=83265)
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=83265)

                                          and again after pressing save :

                                          Nov 8 11:34:55 	kernel: fxp2: promiscuous mode disabled
Nov 8 11:34:55 	kernel: pid 84220 (snort), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=84220)
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=84220)
Nov 8 11:33:02 	SnortStartup[84242]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 110M -- Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 110M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:

                                          The problem is that it doesn't restart, I'm also not sure why it exited in the first place, it's not due to an IP change and 1Gb of ram should be enough

                                          Specs = P4 2.4
                                          1gb ram
                                          3xIntel Pro 100 nics

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                                            yoda715
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                                            @PC_Arcade:

                                            @yoda715:

                                            Ok. That would explain random restarts. However, sometimes when it restarts at night it does not fully initialize and will terminate. I have to click save to start it up again.

                                            I'm getting this as well :

                                            Nov 8 11:27:52 	kernel: fxp2: promiscuous mode disabled
Nov 8 11:27:52 	kernel: pid 83265 (snort), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=83265)
Nov 8 11:26:06 	snort[83265]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=83265)

                                            and again after pressing save :

                                            Nov 8 11:34:55 	kernel: fxp2: promiscuous mode disabled
Nov 8 11:34:55 	kernel: pid 84220 (snort), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=84220)
Nov 8 11:33:25 	snort[84220]: Snort initialization completed successfully (pid=84220)
Nov 8 11:33:02 	SnortStartup[84242]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 110M -- Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 110M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:

                                            The problem is that it doesn't restart, I'm also not sure why it exited in the first place, it's not due to an IP change and 1Gb of ram should be enough

                                            Specs = P4 2.4
                                            1gb ram
                                            3xIntel Pro 100 nics

                                            I have the same specs on my machine, however when I click save snort does successfully boot back up. If you are not running in ac-sparsebands mode, try running in that mode and see if it works for you.

                                            At any rate at least I know I am not the only one with this problem.

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