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      th3r3isnospoon
      last edited by

      Ok, so I tried the above fix.  Didn't work for me. Here's what it says:

      [2.0-RC2][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root(1): ln -s /lib/libpcap.so.7 /lib/libpc                                                                                                                                                            ap.so.1
      [2.0-RC2][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root(2): snort
      Running in IDS mode

      –== Initializing Snort ==--
      Initializing Output Plugins!
      Initializing Preprocessors!
      Initializing Plug-ins!
      Parsing Rules file "/usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf"
      PortVar 'HTTP_PORTS' defined :  [ 80 311 591 593 901 1220 1414 1830 2301 2381 28                                                                                                                                                            09 3128 3702 5250 7001 7777 7779 8000 8008 8028 8080 8088 8118 8123 8180:8181 82                                                                                                                                                            43 8280 8888 9090:9091 9443 9999 11371 ]
      PortVar 'SHELLCODE_PORTS' defined :  [ 0:79 81:65535 ]
      PortVar 'ORACLE_PORTS' defined :  [ 1024:65535 ]
      PortVar 'SSH_PORTS' defined :  [ 22 ]
      PortVar 'FTP_PORTS' defined :  [ 21 2100 3535 ]
      Detection:
        Search-Method = AC-Full-Q
          Split Any/Any group = enabled
          Search-Method-Optimizations = enabled
          Maximum pattern length = 20
      ERROR: parser.c(5165) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort_d                                                                                                                                                            ynamicpreprocessor/": No such file or directory.
      Fatal Error, Quitting..
      [2.0-RC2][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root(3):

      Getting closer anyways :)

      -th3r3isnospoon

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        th3r3isnospoon
        last edited by

        At the bottom of this website, they talk about the same issues: http://michaelok.tumblr.com/

        I'll read through it and possibly try some fixes and post back :)

        -th3r3isnospoon

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          rudfinch
          last edited by

          Hello all–

          I have same error after upgrade to 7-june and 8-june pfsense2-RC2 amd64 full.

          after I ln -s /lib/libpcap.so.7 to /usr/local/lib/libpcap.so.1
          and try running snort on the web-configurator I got unsupported output plugin: "alert_pf" error on my syslog...

          @th3r3isnospoon:
          ERROR: parser.c(5165) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicpreprocessor/": No such file or directory.
          is dynamic lib path error.. the path in pfsense is "/usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor/"

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            th3r3isnospoon
            last edited by

            FWIW, I submitted a bug report.

            http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1590

            -th3r3isnospoon

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              akm22562
              last edited by

              Hi all,

              I have the exact same console output.  The interesting thing is syslog.

              In the latest release of pfsense 2.0-RC2 I can't get Snort to start.  The syslog reveals the following:

              Jun 9 07:12:19 SnortStartup[63658]: Snort HARD Reload For 34679_sis0…
              Jun 9 07:12:19 snort[56907]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_34679_sis0/snort.conf(207) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"
              Jun 9 07:12:19 snort[56907]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_34679_sis0/snort.conf(207) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

              Line 207 of the above file is:

              output alert_pf: /usr/local/etc/snort/whitelist/defaultwlist,snort2c

              Andrew

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                asterix
                last edited by

                no go.

                Are we the only ones facing this issue? Can anyone else confirm the same with a clean install of pfsense and snort package?

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                  oztiks
                  last edited by

                  @asterix:

                  no go.

                  Are we the only ones facing this issue? Can anyone else confirm the same with a clean install of pfsense and snort package?

                  Mine had some clean installs and I did have the issue; which I resolved with my ln fix. I'm not sure why it's not working for others. :(

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                    asterix
                    last edited by

                    Latest few snapshots even dynamic DNS is failing and IP shows in red as 0.0.0.0

                    Looks like both a snapshot and Snort package issue.

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                      rudfinch
                      last edited by

                      I looked into snort.inc, looks like snort supposed to fetch perl-threaded-5.12.1_1.tbz as dependency… but couldn't find anywhere... the link to the file seems broken... I don't know if this is the cause of alert_pf error... hope this will be fixed soon. :)

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                        asterix
                        last edited by

                        Can anyone fix the Snort install package?

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                          dzeanah
                          last edited by

                          It's possible the maintainer is on vacation.  I sent him a pm a while back and have not yet received a response.

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                            asterix
                            last edited by

                            Any updates on the Snort package fix?

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                              th3r3isnospoon
                              last edited by

                              I haven't heard or seen anything yet  :-\

                              Hopefully soon….

                              -th3r3isnospoon

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                                asterix
                                last edited by

                                Over a week since the package is in broken state  >:(

                                Has no one installed snort since last 7 days?

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                                  th3r3isnospoon
                                  last edited by

                                  @asterix:

                                  Over a week since the package is in broken state  >:(

                                  Has no one installed snort since last 7 days?

                                  Apparently not….Hope this is fixed soon...

                                  -th3r3isnospoon

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                                    asterix
                                    last edited by

                                    Down with Snort since past 10 days !!  >:(

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                                      CyCyb3rradberRad
                                      last edited by

                                      I am having the same problem and it appears this person might have the same issue as well.
                                      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37952.0.html

                                      I feel so naked without my Snort.  ;D

                                      pfSense 2.0 RC2 build date June 15th
                                      Snort 2.8.6.1 pkg 1.34

                                      Also one more thing to add.  According to the pfSense_Snort Twitter account it looks like he is planning a release pretty soon of Snort 2.9.0.4 pkg 1.37.  Hopefully that has a fix for the issue we are seeing.

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                                        berglundma
                                        last edited by

                                        I too am having the same issue. Based on the number of reads I'm thinking we're not alone.

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                                          dwood
                                          last edited by

                                          Same thing here on a new install:

                                          Version:
                                          2.0-RC3 (amd64)
                                          built on Tue Jun 21 23:37:22 EDT 2011

                                          Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
                                          Current: 799 MHz, Max: 1599 MHz

                                          When starting Snort:
                                          snort[26473]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_31943_re1/snort.conf(351) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                                          Cheers,
                                          D.

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                                            asterix
                                            last edited by

                                            The Snort package is broken since over 2 weeks now. First I thought it was a snapshot issue but after trying multiple snapshots, I confirmed it's a snort package issue.

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