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      Cino
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      @ermal:

      Is this amd64 or i386?

      i386

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        eri--
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        You are sure there is no old library on that folder that is not compatible with newest snort?
        I cannot replicate this.

        Do this to test.
        Uninstall snort
        Remove the snort/lib folder
        Reinstall snort

        See if it happens again.

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          Cino
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          That did the trick! I had to removed /usr/local/lib/snort/*

          I'll do more testing later today and over the weekend and report back with my findings.

          P.S Still can't clear alerts but I don't know if you worked on that work not… using FF6

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            Cino
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            Ran a quick port scan, snort is running but the "Portscan Detection Preprocessor" isn't detecting my port scan now. I was working on the previous ver.

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              Spock75
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              @Cino:

              That did the trick! I had to removed /usr/local/lib/snort/*

              I'll do more testing later today and over the weekend and report back with my findings.

              P.S Still can't clear alerts but I don't know if you worked on that work not… using FF6

              Thanks Cino  :)

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                strasharo
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                @Cino:

                Ran a quick port scan, snort is running but the "Portscan Detection Preprocessor" isn't detecting my port scan now. I was working on the previous ver.

                Yup, same here, the only alert that pops is for VNC Scan on 5900.

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                  johnnybe
                  last edited by

                  @ermal:

                  You are sure there is no old library on that folder that is not compatible with newest snort?
                  I cannot replicate this.

                  Do this to test.
                  Uninstall snort
                  Remove the snort/lib folder
                  Reinstall snort

                  See if it happens again.

                  Yep, that works for 2.0-RC3 (i386) built on Thu Aug 4 12:47:50 EDT 2011.

                  But… take a look on that screenshot below. It just happens in Snort Interfaces, Global Settings and Updates tab.
                  Browser Firefox 6.0.1
                  I know… it's out of the subject. Just reporting. Sorry if it's the wrong place for that.

                  snort_2.9.0.5_pfs.jpg
                  snort_2.9.0.5_pfs.jpg_thumb

                  you would not believe the view up here

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                    Jare
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                    @strasharo:

                    With the new package (2.9 pkg v. 2.0) I'm now able to save the barnyard settings without the issues mentioned above, but the barnyard2 binary appears still to be missing:

                    [2.0-RC3][root@kainak]/usr/local/bin(6): ls -l | grep -i barn
                    [2.0-RC3][root@kainak]/usr/local/bin(7):
                    
                    

                    I didn't have time to examine the real cause why barnyard2 binary fails to install. Since it's just a single binary file you can download and "install" it manually by executing one of these commands:

                    amd64

                    /usr/bin/fetch -o /usr/local/bin/barnyard2 http://files.pfsense.org/packages/amd64/8/All/barnyard2 && /bin/chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/barnyard2
                    

                    i386

                    /usr/bin/fetch -o /usr/local/bin/barnyard2 http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/barnyard2 && /bin/chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/barnyard2
                    

                    At least for me it seems to be working and logging now just like it should…  ;)

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                      hmishra
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                      After several weeks of working Snort package on i386 platform, the last update broke it. Here is what I get on my system logs.

                      Sep 3 06:49:16 SnortStartup[4087]: Snort HARD Reload For 21540_em0_vlan10…
                      Sep 3 06:49:16 SnortStartup[850]: Snort Startup files Sync…

                      I didn't just rely on status of running services (i.e. Snort not running) either but kicked off a port scan from grc.com which used to automatically add that ip to blocked list and now nothing. None of the suggestions mentioned on this thread have worked for me.

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                        eri--
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                        Can you try out this?

                        
                        diff --git a/config/snort/snort.inc b/config/snort/snort.inc
                        index 0b30a8c..09b8835 100644
                        --- a/config/snort/snort.inc
                        +++ b/config/snort/snort.inc
                        @@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ preprocessor sfportscan: scan_type { all } \
                                                  proto  { all } \
                                                  memcap { 10000000 } \
                                                  sense_level { medium } \
                        -                         ignore_scanners { \$HOME_NET }
                        +                         # ignore_scanners { \$HOME_NET }
                        
                         EOD;
                        
                        
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                          hmishra
                          last edited by

                          I guess I don't understand what needs to be done as per your suggestion. Do I just reinstall the package?

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                            Cino
                            last edited by

                            i should look up how to use diff, but i manually edited the file instead:

                            Sep 3 13:56:25 snort[44707]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39737_em3/snort.conf(302) => Invalid option 'preprocessor' to portscan preprocessor.
                            Sep 3 13:56:25 snort[44707]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_39737_em3/snort.conf(302) => Invalid option 'preprocessor' to portscan preprocessor.

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                              digdug3
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                              Great! pfsense 2.0-RC3 (i386) built on Sat Sep 3 21:08:08 EDT 2011 - Snort 2.9.0.5 pkg v. 2.0
                              Barnyard now configures correctly and doesn't corrupt previous settings (but is not installed and started like Jare stated correctly).

                              The snort_netbios.rules fatal error still exists:

                              snort[33208]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_54739_em1/rules/snort_netbios.rules(72) GID 1 SID 2511 in rule duplicates previous rule, with different protocol.

                              When the rule duplicates a previous rule, then the protocol should be the same(?) Otherwise it's not duplicate…

                              I use the same rulesets (snort.org/emergingthreats.net/pfsense.org) with pfsense 1.2.3-RELEASE built on Sun Dec 6 23:21:36 EST 2009 - Snort 2.8.6.1 pkg v. 1.34 and the error does not come up... (?)

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                                hmishra
                                last edited by

                                I just upgraded to 2.0-RC3 (i386) built on Sat Sep 3 21:08:08 EDT 2011 and continue to get the following error which is different from before but the result is same i.e. Snort not starting. No change in ruleset.

                                Sep 4 06:59:48 SnortStartup[24402]: Interface Rule START for 0_21540_em0_vlan10…

                                Reinstalling the Snort package results in the previous error message.

                                Sep 4 07:04:33 SnortStartup[43419]: Snort HARD Reload For 21540_em0_vlan10…

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                                  eri--
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                                  Try resintalling the package.

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                                    hmishra
                                    last edited by

                                    Not sure if it is an improvement, but after I uninstalled and installed Snort, I get the following after clicking the 'Update Rules' button:

                                    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_download_rules.php on line 481

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                                      NightHawk007
                                      last edited by

                                      I try to update now and i get this error
                                      Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_download_rules.php on line 481
                                      Is there a way to fix it ?

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                                        knaj
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi. In case you didn't find the solution for the line 481 error, all you need to do is remove the } on line 481. Then update will work again..

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                                          Cino
                                          last edited by

                                          @knaj:

                                          Hi. In case you didn't find the solution for the line 481 error, all you need to do is remove the } on line 481. Then update will work again..

                                          was able to write that

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                                            Cino
                                            last edited by

                                            My findings so far:

                                            The package doesn't remove correctly. It still shows up on my Services page. Uninstalling the package twice seems to fix this issue.
                                            Once rules are updated, I have to re-save my Categories then start the interface.
                                            Snort rules seem to detecting attacks and auto-blocking is working :-)
                                            Can't clear the alerts page, already reported and ticket.
                                            Portscan Detection Preprocessor is not working, this was already reported 2 days ago. (This is a biggie for me since I'm always being scanned for open ports)

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