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    • Cry HavokC
      Cry Havok
      last edited by

      I suspect the answer will be - after the FreeBSD port is released ;)

      Not that I think that a new version will solve your undefined "many problem".

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        alpha
        last edited by

        Same problem here at first~
        With reading the log, it was always run out of memory.

        We have reconfig the snort to use lowmem profile, and free memory from other packages.
        Finally, it seems ok now, hope this help~

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        • Cry HavokC
          Cry Havok
          last edited by

          How much memory - snort is known for being a memory hog.  My personal experience is that 2 GB is a good starting point for a box running snort…

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            simby
            last edited by

            In have P4 3.2 with hyper + 3GB memory and have problem snort - after five min, stop working;)

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            • Cry HavokC
              Cry Havok
              last edited by

              Ok, so when it stops working what is the error in the log?

              If you're just going to post information free messages, you'd be quicker off not posting…

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                webstar
                last edited by

                @simby:

                In have P4 3.2 with hyper + 3GB memory and have problem snort - after five min, stop working;)

                I have this same exact problem with Snort.  syslog shows this when it happens  snort[47910]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!

                Thats with only 5 rule catagories turned on.  I've tried all the different performance settings and I get the same issue.  Complete reinstall and the same issue.

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                  simby
                  last edited by

                  I have this in sys log:

                  Mar 5 10:13:33 kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode disabled
                  Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                  Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                  Mar 5 10:13:03 SnortStartup[2212]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 29M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 29M -- Mode ac -- Snort memory usage:
                  Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151
                  Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151

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                    webstar
                    last edited by

                    @simby:

                    I have this in sys log:

                    Mar 5 10:13:33 kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode disabled
                    Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                    Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                    Mar 5 10:13:03 SnortStartup[2212]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 29M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 29M -- Mode ac -- Snort memory usage:
                    Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151
                    Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151

                    That is the same one I get here.

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                      shaddow501
                      last edited by

                      Hi All

                      Please use the "edit file" on snort and go to: /usr/local/pkg/snort.inc
                      copy the content of the file that attached and replace the content of the current file that on your machine.

                      please notify if it helps.

                      Ilan

                      snort.inc.txt

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                        webstar
                        last edited by

                        It did not help here.

                        Mar 12 00:24:12 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode disabled
                        Mar 12 00:24:11 snort[72256]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmCompile!
                        Mar 12 00:24:11 snort[72256]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmCompile!
                        Mar 12 00:22:47 sshlockout[72371]: sshlockout starting up
                        Mar 12 00:22:47 sshlockout[72371]: sshlockout starting up
                        Mar 12 00:22:47 sshd[72367]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 192.168.1.20 port 1474 ssh2
                        Mar 12 00:22:22 SnortStartup[72267]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 60M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 60M -- Mode ac -- Snort memory usage:
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Daemon parent exiting
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Daemon parent exiting
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 72253
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 72253
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Writing PID "72256" to file "/var/run//snort_ng0.pid"
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Writing PID "72256" to file "/var/run//snort_ng0.pid"
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode enabled
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Initializing daemon mode
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Initializing daemon mode
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode disabled
                        Mar 12 00:22:05 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode enabled

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                          JustinHoMi
                          last edited by

                          Did you guys figure this out? I'm getting the same error now. It happens while snort is loading the rules, right after startup.

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