Re: [Snort-users] Generate alert but not log packet data

From: Alberto Gonzalez <electron(at)wwjh.net>
Date: Sat Mar 08 2003 - 03:06:47 EST

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> Hi,

Hello

>
> Is there a way to generate an alert for a snort rule but not actually

Yup sure is........

(root@cerebro)(~) /usr/local/bin/snort -?        

[...snip...]

• -N Turn off logging (alerts still work)

See also Page 7 of the snort users manual(pdf) or [1]

> Shawn Truax
> Security Specialist

Cheers!
  Alberto Gonzalez

[1] - http://www.snort.org/docs/writing_rules/chap1.html#tth_sEc1.4.1

• -- "Success comes to the person who does today, what you are thinking of doing tomorrow."

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