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    Snort and 2.1

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      tritron
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      I have installed snort on pfsense 2.1 and I had enabled rules and now I am getting this error snort[81480]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_45166_bge1/rules/snort.rules(26) Undefined variable in the string: $EXTERNAL_NET. Is anyone running snort on pfsense 2.1 and how i can fix this error

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        tritron
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        I removed snort and reinstalled and I get Invalid ip_list to 'ignore_scanners' option

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          tritron
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          I after looking at my var HOME_NET  it contained /, and removing it allowed me to start snort.
          Does anyone know how to fix this permanently ?

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            eri--
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            Just reinstall should be fixed.

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              tritron
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              I tryied it nothing had changed. is the new package uploaded ?

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                eri--
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                Normally yes the fix is https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/commit/c81902f92799a1f566667f8fae07ecb92069372f

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