Snort-dev has been released. old snort has been renamed snort-old
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james when you have time,
I tried to define some servers and on saving I get the following error
snort release pf 2.0 April 3 windows 7 ff3.6.3
Warning: touch(): Unable to create file because No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 215 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 217 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 218 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 219 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 220 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 221 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 224
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@anyone having troubles with the new package
Tracked the problems to the old-snort.
Seems old-snort is not uninstalling completely and is conflicting with the new install.
Do a fresh install, sorry I didn't see this coming.James
Hi and thanks for your great work with Snort.
Is there any way for doing this without doing full fresh install of Pfsense? I am using 1.2.3 release of Pfsense, and stuck with Snort 2.8.4.1_5 pkg v. 1.7. The new version just wont start (conflicting with the old-snort leftovers).
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Does this new version of snort work in Pfsense 2.0 beta .I would like to test it but the last time i did that i could not get snort to run at all .
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Hello jamesdean,
First of all thank you for your great job,
I have installed new snort package with success,i did all my conf and update,now lan interface working well,but when i stared my wan interface i received following errors on system logs
Apr 5 09:34:32 SnortStartup[9193]: Interface Rule START for 0_39767_ng0…
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: FATAL ERROR: Unable to open rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf": Not a directory.
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: FATAL ERROR: Unable to open rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf": Not a directory.
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: Parsing Rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf"
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: Parsing Rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf"any idea?
regards
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my pf version is 1.2.3 stable
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Probably wrong thread but I am in a big hurry. Just tried to add some defined servers after reinstalling to the newest snort on 1.2.3 release.
Warning: touch(): Unable to create file because No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 215 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 217 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 218 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 219 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 220 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 221 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php:215) in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_define_servers.php on line 224
Just an fyi
Looks like it is holding its settings though…. Also is it normal for Dashboard and Status:Services to say the service is stopped even though on the Snort Interfaces Panel I get a green arrow?
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nope not working.
uninstalled, and reinstalled will try more later…
Apr 5 09:41:56 SnortStartup[1633]: Interface Rule START for 0_65478_vlan0... Apr 5 09:41:56 snort[1631]: FATAL ERROR: Invalid pidfile suffix: 65478_vlan0\. Suffix must less than 11 characters and not have ".." or "/" in the name. Apr 5 09:41:56 snort[1631]: FATAL ERROR: Invalid pidfile suffix: 65478_vlan0\. Suffix must less than 11 characters and not have ".." or "/" in the name. Apr 5 09:41:56 SnortStartup[1561]: Toggle for 65478_vlan0... Apr 5 09:41:23 SnortStartup[1160]: Error: snort.sh IS running Apr 5 09:38:32 kernel: msk0: watchdog timeout (missed Tx interrupts) -- recovering Apr 5 09:25:50 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: Beginning package installation for snort. Apr 5 09:24:36 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: cd /var/db/pkg && pkg_delete ls | grep snort Apr 5 09:24:36 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: cd /var/db/pkg && pkg_delete ls | grep Apr 5 09:22:35 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: Beginning package installation for snort. Apr 5 08:59:04 dnsmasq[908]: reading /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases Apr 5 08:46:42 dnsmasq[908]: reading /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases Apr 5 08:46:12 SnortStartup[49241]: Error: snort.sh IS running Apr 5 08:11:09 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: Beginning package installation for snort. Apr 5 08:06:42 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: Beginning package installation for snort. Apr 5 08:05:56 snort[2149]: Snort exiting Apr 5 08:05:56 snort[2149]: Snort exiting
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Hi Jamesdean,
Thanks for the snort package! I had the old package working well for several months until recently when the rules changed.
With the new release I'm having trouble running snort on VLAN interfaces. It seems that when snort starts it is complaining that the pid file identifier is too long:
snort[<pid>]: FATAL ERROR: Invalid pidfile suffix: 31477_vlan3. Suffix must less than 11 characters and not have ".." or "/" in the name.
Two of these messages appear in the system.log upon attempting to start snort on the vlan interface. The normal interfaces, like le0, start without issue.
I tried hacking the "if_real" value in the php code to truncate the name, as in the following:
$if_real = substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2);
While this did work, sort of, it was a bit of a mess that would eventually require similar changes to many files. I think another variable is needed, one for the pid file alone, and the interface variable would then stay the same (as if_real).
I'd be happy to take a shot at implementing the fix if this idea makes sense. It appears that both the files under /usr/local/www/snort and /usr/local/pkg/snort may need to be modified.
In particular the "-R" parameter to snort needs to be corrected, and the "pidfile" value needs to be corrected where it is queried.</pid>
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Hi,
I am having the same problem when trying to put the new snort package to listen on VLAN interfaces.
I tried to find some configuration file where i can change the pidfile suffix but with no success… Is there any way to change the pidfile suffix?
I am available to do some tests with development packages or to follow some instructions provided by you guys ;)
Kind regards,
David Negreira.
@dpg2:Hi Jamesdean,
Thanks for the snort package! I had the old package working well for several months until recently when the rules changed.
With the new release I'm having trouble running snort on VLAN interfaces. It seems that when snort starts it is complaining that the pid file identifier is too long:
snort[<pid>]: FATAL ERROR: Invalid pidfile suffix: 31477_vlan3. Suffix must less than 11 characters and not have ".." or "/" in the name.
Two of these messages appear in the system.log upon attempting to start snort on the vlan interface. The normal interfaces, like le0, start without issue.
I tried hacking the "if_real" value in the php code to truncate the name, as in the following:
$if_real = substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2);
While this did work, sort of, it was a bit of a mess that would eventually require similar changes to many files. I think another variable is needed, one for the pid file alone, and the interface variable would then stay the same (as if_real).
I'd be happy to take a shot at implementing the fix if this idea makes sense. It appears that both the files under /usr/local/www/snort and /usr/local/pkg/snort may need to be modified.
In particular the "-R" parameter to snort needs to be corrected, and the "pidfile" value needs to be corrected where it is queried.</pid>
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I will say that Snort-dev does not work in the lastest pfsense it uninstalls itself and it will not block a thing in pfsense 2.0 so i am back using old snort .Either fix the new snort or take it of the packages list because it does not work . :-[
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Nice attitude cdx304….
Just so you know, 2.0 is still beta. Try out the stable version of pfSense (1.2.3) before blasting on someone that has been working hard to contribute to this project. We're running 1.2.3 in a HA config with several VLANs, VPN's, etc and snort is working for us. We also upgraded from 1.2.2 using the old version of snort as well. (which did not work for us) The only thing we had to do was delete the /var/run/snort directory, which had a bunch of crap from the old install.
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A patch for the vlan issue (I can comment on this more later tonight if that'd be helpful):
*** snort.inc.install Tue Apr 6 18:44:12 2010
–- snort.inc Tue Apr 6 20:39:18 2010
*** 65,71 ****
/* use ob_clean to clear output buffer, this code needs to be watched */
ob_clean();
! $snort_up_prell = exec("/usr/bin/top -a -U snort -u | grep -v grep | grep "R {$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}" | awk '{print $1;}'", $retval);if ($snort_up_prell != "") {
$snort_uph = 'yes';
--- 65,73 ----/* use ob_clean to clear output buffer, this code needs to be watched */
ob_clean();
!
! $snort_pidfile = $snort_uuid . "_" . substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2);
! $snort_up_prell = exec("/usr/bin/top -a -U snort -u | grep -v grep | grep "R {$snort_pidfile}" | awk '{print $1;}'", $retval);if ($snort_up_prell != "") {
$snort_uph = 'yes';
*** 156,162 ****
$snort_info_chk = $config['installedpackages']['snortglobal']['rule'][$id]['enable'];
if ($snort_info_chk == 'on') {
! exec("/usr/local/bin/snort -u snort -g snort -R "{$snort_uuid}{$if_real}" -D -q -l /var/log/snort -G {$snort_uuid} -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}/snort.conf -i {$if_real}");
}
/* define snortbarnyardlog_chk /
/ top will have trouble if the uuid is to far back */
–- 158,165 ----$snort_info_chk = $config['installedpackages']['snortglobal']['rule'][$id]['enable'];
if ($snort_info_chk == 'on') {
! $snort_pidfile = $snort_uuid . "" . substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2);
! exec("/usr/local/bin/snort -u snort -g snort -R "{$snort_pidfile}" -D -q -l /var/log/snort -G {$snort_uuid} -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}/snort.conf -i {$if_real}");
}
/* define snortbarnyardlog_chk /
/ top will have trouble if the uuid is to far back */ -
I have installed new snort package with success,i did all my conf and update,now lan interface working well,but when i stared my wan interface i received following errors on system logs
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: FATAL ERROR: Unable to open rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf": Not a directory.
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: FATAL ERROR: Unable to open rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf": Not a directory.
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: Parsing Rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf"
Apr 5 09:34:32 snort[9191]: Parsing Rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39767_ng0/snort.conf"I had the same problem. Your "FATAL ERROR" is trying to go to a non-existent directory ("snort_39767_ng0"). I got this same error, looked at the actual directory structure and found that my path to the snort.conf was "snort_xxxxx_sis0" (which IS the correct if for me) even though the IF Tab under Snort shows the if as "ng0". A reboot will allow Snort to run correctly, but every time I try to stop & restart Snort I get this error.
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@cdx304:
I will say that Snort-dev does not work in the lastest pfsense it uninstalls itself and it will not block a thing in pfsense 2.0 so i am back using old snort .Either fix the new snort or take it of the packages list because it does not work . :-[
[/quote]I am running 1st april snapshot of 2.0 beta with snort installed and I have 150 log alerts and over 400 blocked ip's! must be something up with your config!
Slam
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Another try with the vlan patch; the last effort did not handle stopping with the revised $pidfile value properly. This patch now corrects the Startup (Running_Start), Stop (Running_Stop), and Check (RunningCk) functions of /usr/local/pkg/snort/snort.inc :
*** snort.inc.install Tue Apr 6 18:44:12 2010 –- snort.inc Wed Apr 7 00:23:17 2010 *************** *** 65,71 **** /* use ob_clean to clear output buffer, this code needs to be watched */ ob_clean(); ! $snort_up_prell = exec("/usr/bin/top -a -U snort -u | grep -v grep | grep \"R {$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}\" | awk '{print \$1;}'", $retval); if ($snort_up_prell != "") { $snort_uph = 'yes'; --- 65,73 ---- /* use ob_clean to clear output buffer, this code needs to be watched */ ob_clean(); ! ! $snort_pidfile = $snort_uuid . "_" . substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2); ! $snort_up_prell = exec("/usr/bin/top -a -U snort -u | grep -v grep | grep \"R {$snort_pidfile}\" | awk '{print \$1;}'", $retval); if ($snort_up_prell != "") { $snort_uph = 'yes'; *************** *** 111,117 **** function Running_Stop($snort_uuid, $if_real, $id) { global $config; ! $start_up_pre = exec("/usr/bin/top -a -U snort -u | grep -v grep | grep \"R {$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}\" | awk '{print \$1;}'"); $start_up_s = exec("/usr/bin/top -U snort -u | grep snort | grep {$start_up_pre} | awk '{ print $1; }'"); $start_up_r = exec("/usr/bin/top -U root -u | grep snort | grep {$start_up_pre} | awk '{ print $1; }'"); --- 113,120 ---- function Running_Stop($snort_uuid, $if_real, $id) { global $config; ! $snort_pidfile = $snort_uuid . "_" . substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2); ! $start_up_pre = exec("/usr/bin/top -a -U snort -u | grep -v grep | grep \"R {$snort_pidfile}\" | awk '{print \$1;}'"); $start_up_s = exec("/usr/bin/top -U snort -u | grep snort | grep {$start_up_pre} | awk '{ print $1; }'"); $start_up_r = exec("/usr/bin/top -U root -u | grep snort | grep {$start_up_pre} | awk '{ print $1; }'"); *************** *** 124,130 **** if ($start_up_s != "") { exec("/bin/kill {$start_up_s}"); ! exec("/bin/rm /var/run/snort_{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}*"); } if ($start2_upb_s != "") --- 127,133 ---- if ($start_up_s != "") { exec("/bin/kill {$start_up_s}"); ! exec("/bin/rm /var/run/snort_{$snort_pidfile}*"); } if ($start2_upb_s != "") *************** *** 136,142 **** if ($start_up_r != "") { exec("/bin/kill {$start_up_r}"); ! exec("/bin/rm /var/run/snort_{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}*"); } if ($start2_upb_r != "") --- 139,145 ---- if ($start_up_r != "") { exec("/bin/kill {$start_up_r}"); ! exec("/bin/rm /var/run/snort_{$snort_pidfile}*"); } if ($start2_upb_r != "") *************** *** 156,162 **** $snort_info_chk = $config['installedpackages']['snortglobal']['rule'][$id]['enable']; if ($snort_info_chk == 'on') { ! exec("/usr/local/bin/snort -u snort -g snort -R \"{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}\" -D -q -l /var/log/snort -G {$snort_uuid} -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}/snort.conf -i {$if_real}"); } /* define snortbarnyardlog_chk */ /* top will have trouble if the uuid is to far back */ –- 159,166 ---- $snort_info_chk = $config['installedpackages']['snortglobal']['rule'][$id]['enable']; if ($snort_info_chk == 'on') { ! $snort_pidfile = $snort_uuid . "_" . substr($if_real, 0, 1) . substr($if_real, -2); ! exec("/usr/local/bin/snort -u snort -g snort -R \"{$snort_pidfile}\" -D -q -l /var/log/snort -G {$snort_uuid} -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_{$snort_uuid}_{$if_real}/snort.conf -i {$if_real}"); } /* define snortbarnyardlog_chk */ /* top will have trouble if the uuid is to far back */
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Nice attitude cdx304….
Just so you know, 2.0 is still beta. Try out the stable version of pfSense (1.2.3) before blasting on someone that has been working hard to contribute to this project. We're running 1.2.3 in a HA config with several VLANs, VPN's, etc and snort is working for us. We also upgraded from 1.2.2 using the old version of snort as well. (which did not work for us) The only thing we had to do was delete the /var/run/snort directory, which had a bunch of crap from the old install.
Well every time you guys try to fix it snort just gets worse .Don't say that it works in cases either because it does not .It uninstalles it's self after saying there is dependencies missing and you can enable everything .the hardware is a quadcore 3.4ghz cpu with 12 gigs of ram and 2 gigabit network cards and 2 sata 500gig drives in raid 0 .
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Thank you to all that have been patient with the move from snort-dev to snort. Sorry, its has been painful but I been busy with work and had not time to fix bugs.
I promise once we get past this bump, changes this big will be a rare thing.For those who are demanding me to fix snort, be patient. Let me explain why snort is so hard to maintain. First for every new version of snort I have to rewrite in C++
the the orion IPS code in snort to fit an ever changing API. Second, if we don't use the newest snort version rules may break. Third, snort.org changes snort.conf
with every version so I have to adjust for that or snort will break. Fourth, from time to time snort.org changes the way rules get downloaded and snort breaks.
Fifth, I had to recode snort from php 4 to php 5 but other dev did this, thank you. If you don't like what I am doing you are welcomed to help code. If not, be patient and be constructive and remember
I do this for our community without pay.Lets do the release again, man this week been rough. snort package 1.20
Fixed pid with vlan issue, hopefully
Snort reinstalling:
I added post install code to deinstall any old-snort entries in config.xml, fixed hopefully.Pfsense nano.
I install snort package and every thing seems fine.James
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Any chance of a workaround for deinstalling the old snort properly. My pfsense 1.2.3 released died when I uninstalled it and rebooted. A fresh install was my only way to get it back. I have a friend who I helped install pfsense on, and I am scared to update snort for him.
You mentioned that there is a problem with the old snort not properly uninstalling. Any chance of a script that will properly uninstall, so that we can put the new one on?Jamesdean Please keep up the good work. The new version is working great for me, and all the rules are working. I think some people forget that there is always a need for someone to keep these packages updated and running, or they stop working as the main authors update their work (snort, squid, etc).
Hey CDX. You may not have noticed but the old snort stopped working a few weeks ago with a rules update from snort.org. You could get it back running, but with many rules disabled.
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tester_02 do me a fav. deinstall snort and then install again.
I forgot are you on 2.0 ?I added code that removes snort-old entries. It should help your deinstall problems.
If it does not report back here as soon as you can.I working out these problem on a pfsense 1.2.3 nanobsd on a CF card
every thing seems fine.James
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Hi,
I am using PfSense 1.2.3.
I confirm that the latest snort package version 1.20 is working correctly!Thanks a lot for the fix jamesdean and i hope that you can keep up the excellent work ;)
Kind regards,
David Negreira.