[Snort-users] Windows 1.9.0 install doesn't recognize
Erek Adams
erek at ...950...
Thu Jan 16 13:50:07 EST 2003
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Gordon Cunningham wrote:
> I've been using snort for a while, am somewhat familiar with rules and such.
> I just installed Snort 1.9.0 on a Windows machine running Win2k Pro, and
> after I installed the latest rulebase, Snort barfs at many of the rules with
> errors like:
>
> ERROR: rules/exploit.rules(8) => Unknown keyword "flow" in rule!
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
>
> Now, I know this is a good rule/keyword in *nix. What's the problem with it
> under Windows?
Nothing. You've just got an old version. 1.8.x doesn't have flow as a
keyword, where 1.9.x does. Check your version... I think you'll find
it's a 1.8.x copy.
Cheers!
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Erek Adams
"When things get weird, the weird turn pro." H.S. Thompson
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