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      simby
      last edited by

      Hi,.. when will be snort 2.8 on pfsense.

      I have many problem when snort service is down. I have try to reinstall, and this is not working.

      Thanks for your reply.

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        I suspect the answer will be - after the FreeBSD port is released ;)

        Not that I think that a new version will solve your undefined "many problem".

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          alpha
          last edited by

          Same problem here at first~
          With reading the log, it was always run out of memory.

          We have reconfig the snort to use lowmem profile, and free memory from other packages.
          Finally, it seems ok now, hope this help~

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          • Cry HavokC
            Cry Havok
            last edited by

            How much memory - snort is known for being a memory hog.  My personal experience is that 2 GB is a good starting point for a box running snort…

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              simby
              last edited by

              In have P4 3.2 with hyper + 3GB memory and have problem snort - after five min, stop working;)

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              • Cry HavokC
                Cry Havok
                last edited by

                Ok, so when it stops working what is the error in the log?

                If you're just going to post information free messages, you'd be quicker off not posting…

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                  webstar
                  last edited by

                  @simby:

                  In have P4 3.2 with hyper + 3GB memory and have problem snort - after five min, stop working;)

                  I have this same exact problem with Snort.  syslog shows this when it happens  snort[47910]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!

                  Thats with only 5 rule catagories turned on.  I've tried all the different performance settings and I get the same issue.  Complete reinstall and the same issue.

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                    simby
                    last edited by

                    I have this in sys log:

                    Mar 5 10:13:33 kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode disabled
                    Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                    Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                    Mar 5 10:13:03 SnortStartup[2212]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 29M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 29M -- Mode ac -- Snort memory usage:
                    Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151
                    Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151

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                      webstar
                      last edited by

                      @simby:

                      I have this in sys log:

                      Mar 5 10:13:33 kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode disabled
                      Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                      Mar 5 10:13:33 snort[2152]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmAddPattern!
                      Mar 5 10:13:03 SnortStartup[2212]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 29M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 29M -- Mode ac -- Snort memory usage:
                      Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151
                      Mar 5 10:12:46 snort[2152]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 2151

                      That is the same one I get here.

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                        shaddow501
                        last edited by

                        Hi All

                        Please use the "edit file" on snort and go to: /usr/local/pkg/snort.inc
                        copy the content of the file that attached and replace the content of the current file that on your machine.

                        please notify if it helps.

                        Ilan

                        snort.inc.txt

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                          webstar
                          last edited by

                          It did not help here.

                          Mar 12 00:24:12 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode disabled
                          Mar 12 00:24:11 snort[72256]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmCompile!
                          Mar 12 00:24:11 snort[72256]: ACSM-No Memory: acsmCompile!
                          Mar 12 00:22:47 sshlockout[72371]: sshlockout starting up
                          Mar 12 00:22:47 sshlockout[72371]: sshlockout starting up
                          Mar 12 00:22:47 sshd[72367]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 192.168.1.20 port 1474 ssh2
                          Mar 12 00:22:22 SnortStartup[72267]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 60M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 60M -- Mode ac -- Snort memory usage:
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Daemon parent exiting
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Daemon parent exiting
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 72253
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent pid: 72253
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Writing PID "72256" to file "/var/run//snort_ng0.pid"
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: Writing PID "72256" to file "/var/run//snort_ng0.pid"
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72256]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode enabled
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Initializing daemon mode
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 snort[72253]: Initializing daemon mode
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode disabled
                          Mar 12 00:22:05 kernel: ng0: promiscuous mode enabled

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                            JustinHoMi
                            last edited by

                            Did you guys figure this out? I'm getting the same error now. It happens while snort is loading the rules, right after startup.

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