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    Snort stops working after snort update (newest 2.0 RELEASE)

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      eri--
      last edited by

      I will need some beer together with pfSense.org guys to continue improve this more :)

      Hope people put some effort into donation as they do in the reporting of issues ;)

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        dhatz
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        Ermal, you are right of course.

        Considering that according to recent blog post pfsense has recently surpassed 100k active installs, there should be a better way to fund projects than posting in the Bounty forum and waiting a couple of weeks for others to join in, since apparently a very small fraction of pfsense users reads these forums regularly.

        I'm thinking of a funding platform like http://www.indiegogo.com/ (just the concept) coupled with a way for people to vote up/down on features (e.g. feature.astaro.com)

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          Cino
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          @RonpfS 2.9.0.5 is the correct file for install for 2.0 installs. I have 2.1 development code installed on my box for testing…

          @Ermal  I sent some money this morning... Bug Scott for a case or 2 :-)

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            eri--
            last edited by

            Thanks Cino, much appreciated.

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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS
              last edited by

              I forgot to do a save after the last install   :-[ No entry was expiring !!!

              [quote author=Cino link=topic=41533.msg221876#msg221876 date=1320973760]
              @RonpfS  Every time you reinstall snort, save the global settings page for it to re-create the cron job.. This has been normal practice since snort was fixed a few months back.

              This could be emphasized with a BIG MESSAGE
              in the System: Package Manager Installer or Services: Snort: Updates window.

              Why not 'automatic global settings save' when you click the Update Rules Button??

              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                serialdie
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                Any body having issues with memory when snort is running?

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                  robheid
                  last edited by

                  I updated today to version 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0 and after a rules update snort isnt starting and i get the following message: snort[3689]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_15641_em0/snort.conf(320) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                  What can i do to fix this?

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                  • RonpfSR
                    RonpfS
                    last edited by

                    Try to remove, then Install

                    2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                    Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                    Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                      robheid
                      last edited by

                      I have done that and keep getting the same error.

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                      • RonpfSR
                        RonpfS
                        last edited by

                        If your look at the file /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_15641_em0/snort.conf

                        you will should find something like that:

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

                        so maybe your whilelist is incorrect or snort2c is corrupted, try to look at them in Diagnostics: Tables
                        Try to clear the Alert and Blocked
                        You could also start from scratch:
                        Uncheck Keep snort settings after deinstall, Save, Reset, Save, remove snort, install snort

                        2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                        Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                        Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                          robheid
                          last edited by

                          snort2c is empty. is that the problem?

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                          • RonpfSR
                            RonpfS
                            last edited by

                            No, it will be empty when you clear the Blocked.

                            2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                            Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                            Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                            • cyber7C
                              cyber7
                              last edited by

                              <hehehe>I just found the problem on my side:
                              1. Login to your console (press 8 :))
                              2. do a "clog -f /var/log/system.log"
                              3. Start snort and see the error…

                              I found that after re-installing, the rules were missing.

                              Hope this helps
                              Kind regards
                              Aubrey Kloppers
                              Cape Town</hehehe>

                              When you pause to think, do you start again?

                              2.2.4-RELEASE (amd64)
                              built on Sat Jul 25 19:57:37 CDT 2015
                              FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p15
                              and
                              pfSense 2.3.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64 full-install) on pfSense

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                                Guest
                                last edited by

                                Hi,

                                i am using Snort stable package on an alix board with Pfsense 2.0 4G embebbed version.

                                There seems to be two Bugs.

                                1.) Snort is deactivated under Services -> Snort but it activates automatically again every day. I guess this is beccause of automatic Rules download.

                                2.) After installing Snort the CF isnt mounted readonly anymore. Even after deinstalling snort package the CF is still rw mounted. This is an very important bug for all those People who run Snort on embedded version!

                                mount
                                /dev/ufs/pfsense0 on / (ufs, local, noatime, synchronous)
                                devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
                                /dev/md0 on /tmp (ufs, local)
                                /dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local)
                                /dev/ufs/cf on /cf (ufs, local, noatime, synchronous)
                                devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)

                                Any Idea how i can fix this before my Compact Flash dies?

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                                  robheid
                                  last edited by

                                  I am still getting errors, i did a clean reinstall. It didnt help.

                                  Without blocking offenders:FATAL ERROR: Failed to initialize dynamic preprocessor: SF_SSLPP (IPV6) version 1.1.4 (-2)
                                  with blocking offenders: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_17976_em0/snort.conf(172) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                                  Snort version:2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0

                                  Pfsense version:Version 2.1-DEVELOPMENT (amd64) built on Tue Sep 13 17:33:40 EDT 2011 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p4

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                                    digdug3
                                    last edited by

                                    Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0 on pfSense 2.0 i386 has a minor bug when returning to the Dashboard it goes to http://pfsense/SNORT/index.php but should go to http://pfsense/index.php
                                    This only happens when inside the Snort service pages and clicking the pfSense logo on the top left.

                                    Did not have any other issues since 2.0 release! Thanks!

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                                    • RonpfSR
                                      RonpfS
                                      last edited by

                                      Been running Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0 on pfSense 2.0 i386  for about 20 days.
                                      Update works fine. It failed once but the WAN IP changed during of after the update
                                      So great work guys.  ::)

                                      I am getting this```
                                      snort[3548]: http_inspect:  Changing decompress_depth requires a restart.

                                      
                                      When snort restart after a WAN IP change, it run with a nice of 20.
                                      Snort run normally when you start it with the Snort GUI. it works fine in both case.

                                      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                        antilog
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                                        @johnnybe:

                                        @RonpfS:

                                        I reinstall snort from scratch this morning.
                                        Things are ok if I set HTTP server flow depth to -1

                                        I tried leaving the field empty, 0, 1460 and anytime I browse forum.pfsense.org or any other site the site is blocked with the following: !?!

                                        (http_inspect) NO CONTENT-LENGTH OR TRANSFER-ENCODING IN HTTP RESPONSE 120:3:1

                                        Yep, it happened to me as well. That's why I have this line in the Snort>Supress tab:
                                        #(http_inspect) NO CONTENT-LENGTH OR TRANSFER-ENCODING IN HTTP RESPONSE
                                        suppress gen_id 120,sig_id 3

                                        Note - there now needs to be a space after the comma as such:

                                        suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 3
                                        
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                                          Cino
                                          last edited by

                                          i've always had a space, at least for the last 2 years:

                                          
                                          suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 2
                                          suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 3
                                          suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 22
                                          
                                          
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                                            antilog
                                            last edited by

                                            @Cino:

                                            i've always had a space, at least for the last 2 years:

                                            
                                            suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 2
                                            suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 3
                                            suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 22
                                            
                                            

                                            This was in response to johnybe, who did not have a space.  :)

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