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    Snort 2.9.2.3 pkg v. 2.5.0 Issues

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      kilthro
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      So far I havent had any issues with the updated version. I am guessing the auto update worked fine as snort was still running this morning. I dont see any snort reload items in system log. (to be expected with the verbose items being turned off) Not sure if there is a way to find a good compromise of leaving all the other stuff off but still showing with the update runs and if its successful.

      Thanks again for the quick fixes on the problems yesterday.

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        kilthro
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        @tester_02:

        Updated snort today, now it does not start.  Error is…

        snort[4286]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to load /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicrules/bad-traffic.so: /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicrules/bad-traffic.so: Undefined symbol "freeRuleData"

        I disabled the bad traffic rules (so and non so) and it still fails to start.   reinstalled package again, and no go..   Was working for quite a while.  Had not updated for a month, but thought from the thread here that it was stable.

        I got this too. I had to delete snort, do a find all for snort and remove everything until nothing was returned. Then i reinstalled snort and configured. So far so good!

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          eri--
          last edited by

          Normally you should have the logs from the update process itself.
          Something like "Starting with your new set of rules…."

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            kilthro
            last edited by

            I dont see this in the system log. When I go to the updated tab in snort the view updates log button doesnt do anything when clicked. I did a manual update and did see this in the sys log
            Jan 27 11:49:12 php: /snort/snort_download_rules.php: The Rules update has finished…
            Jan 27 11:49:12 php: /snort/snort_download_rules.php: Emerging threat rules are up to date...
            Jan 27 11:49:12 php: /snort/snort_download_rules.php: Snort rules are up to date...
            So i am guessing if the auto update ran I should see something similar? I do not see anything like this around midnight when the update generally runs.

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              asterix
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              Having issues with the latest snort package as well. Initial update killed the package. Uninstalled, did a reboot and reinstalled to make it work. But now the problem is with every reboot snort fails again. As long as its up after reinstall it works. Upon a reboot snort fails and only way to make it work is to uninstall, reboot and reinstall… till the next reboot.

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                Supermule Banned
                last edited by

                Dont get that error on reboot, but still a shit load of Snort related load messages in the systemlogs….

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                  eri--
                  last edited by

                  You need to reinstall supermule or you have issues.
                  It will only print fatal/errors as i said now. Those things need some attention.

                  asterix
                  i need mor einfo rather than not just starting!

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                    Supermule Banned
                    last edited by

                    Its running fine here Ermal and survives the reboot.

                    Wont reinstall if it makes snort crash…

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                      asterix
                      last edited by

                      Get this on startup. Service re-start fails.

                      Jan 27 13:47:05 SnortStartup[59927]: Snort START For WAN(52490_em0)…
                      Jan 27 13:47:05 SnortStartup[59542]: Snort SOFT START For WAN(52490_em0)…
                      Jan 27 13:47:03 php: : The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh stop' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                      Jan 27 13:47:03 php: : The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh stop' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                      Jan 27 13:47:01 SnortStartup[47342]: Snort STOP For WAN(52490_em0)…

                      On manual start it fails with these messages in the system logs

                      Jan 27 13:48:38 php: /snort/snort_interfaces.php: Interface Rule START for WAN(em0)...
                      Jan 27 13:48:35 php: /snort/snort_interfaces.php: Resolving and auto-enabling flowbit required rules for WAN...
                      Jan 27 13:48:34 php: /snort/snort_interfaces.php: Toggle(snort starting) for WAN(WAN)...

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                        eri--
                        last edited by

                        There is no failure there.
                        The error messages there are just too much noise.

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                          asterix
                          last edited by

                          Well I dont see any other logs in there.. It just fails to start. I am on a VM but that shouldnt be a an issue. Been using a VM for many months with no such issues.

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                            monodactylus
                            last edited by

                            Assuming this is the proper way to start snort from the prompt, you would see the following error:

                            /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh start
                            pgrep: Pidfile `/var/run/snort_vr152213.pid' is empty
                            /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libmysqlclient.so.18" not found, required by "snort"

                            @asterix:

                            Get this on startup. Service re-start fails.

                            Jan 27 13:47:05 SnortStartup[59927]: Snort START For WAN(52490_em0)…
                            Jan 27 13:47:05 SnortStartup[59542]: Snort SOFT START For WAN(52490_em0)…
                            Jan 27 13:47:03 php: : The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh stop' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                            Jan 27 13:47:03 php: : The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh stop' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                            Jan 27 13:47:01 SnortStartup[47342]: Snort STOP For WAN(52490_em0)…

                            On manual start it fails with these messages in the system logs

                            Jan 27 13:48:38 php: /snort/snort_interfaces.php: Interface Rule START for WAN(em0)...
                            Jan 27 13:48:35 php: /snort/snort_interfaces.php: Resolving and auto-enabling flowbit required rules for WAN...
                            Jan 27 13:48:34 php: /snort/snort_interfaces.php: Toggle(snort starting) for WAN(WAN)...

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                              asterix
                              last edited by

                              Snort needs to be started automatically when pfSense boots. Even so the GUI service start should throw some errors.

                              The latest package definitely needs a fix.

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                                eri--
                                last edited by

                                Hrm that is a problem with the building of the package.
                                barnyard2 requires mysql but snort does not require it.

                                Will see to get it fixed. For now just install this mysql-client-5.1.53.tbz
                                i386

                                
                                pkg_add -v http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/mysql-client-5.1.53.tbz
                                
                                

                                AMD64

                                
                                http://files.pfsense.org/packages/amd64/8/All/mysql-client-5.1.53.tbz
                                
                                

                                For 2.1 PBI should include that

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                                  Supermule Banned
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                                  I run mine in VM too…. So it shouldnt be a problem.

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                                    LiamH
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                                    Hi,

                                    The uninstall/install after reboot happens on my machine as well, with the same errors…

                                    Another thing - I don't think HOME_NET is being populated correctly on my machine. On my LAN interface, instead of including my network it only includes pfSense IP (and my external IPs, DNS, etc) . I've ended up editing snort.inc and manually adding my network address but I guess this will hold only until next reboot and reinstall. Older posts mentioned the possibility if using the firewall aliases, but I can only choose "default" at the "Home net" dropdown list.

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                                      eri--
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                                      You have to create a whitelist to override.
                                      If you run snort on the LAN interface then there is no reason to trust your hosts, no?

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                                        fragged
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                                        Is this a bug or intentional feature / behavior that Snort doesn't download new rules after a uninstall / install (pfSense snapshot update)? I need to go and download the rules which will then start Snort when finished. Shouldn't this happen during the first start?

                                        I'm fairly sure it ran just fine after a snapshot update before the latest changes. Today I updated from 24th January snapshot to:

                                        2.1-BETA1 (amd64)
                                        built on Sun Jan 27 20:37:59 EST 2013

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                                          eri--
                                          last edited by

                                          I put a fix on new pacakge to reapply the update during reinstall if the keep settings is on.
                                          Normally your rules should be preserved during a reinstall but….

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                                            RonpfS
                                            last edited by

                                            Is there a limit on the number of download of the snort rules per hour?

                                            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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