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Subject:    Re: [Snort-users] Snort rules
From:       "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco ! com>
Date:       2016-06-14 22:34:30
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The "on off" state, by default, so equate, roughly, to balanced.  You have to adjust \
your posture from there.


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Joel Esler
Manager, Talos Group




> On Jun 14, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Y M <snort@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, as far as I understand. In a very abstract form, the policy is expressed in \
> the "metadata" keyword within each rule using definitions such as balanced-ips, \
> security-ips . This is how PulledPork can tell which rules to enable based on the \
> selected policy. There is a one-to-one mapping of policies between the ruleset and \
> PulledPork (not sure about the max-ips through). 
> YM
> 
> Sent from Mobile
> 
> _____________________________
> From: Dan Roberts <danroberts2604@gmail.com <mailto:danroberts2604@gmail.com>>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort rules
> To: Y M <snort@outlook.com <mailto:snort@outlook.com>>
> 
> 
> Thanks for the link :-)
> 
> I knew that with some dedicated tools (like Pulledpork) you can generate your set \
> of rules based on: connectivity, balanced or security profile. 
> Does it mean that the package delivered by default by Snort for the registered \
> users (snortrules-snapshot-xxx.tar.gz) provides the same set of rules (known as \
> "Balanced Base Policy") as the balanced-one built by Pulledpork ? 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Y M <snort@outlook.com <mailto:snort@outlook.com>> \
> wrote: Check this link: \
> http://blog.snort.org/2013/10/snort-vrt-default-ruleset-rebalancing.html \
> <http://blog.snort.org/2013/10/snort-vrt-default-ruleset-rebalancing.html> 
> YM
> 
> Sent from Mobile
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:55 PM +0300, "Dan Roberts" <danroberts2604@gmail.com \
> <mailto:danroberts2604@gmail.com>> wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does someone know what decides which rules are commented out (#) in the *.rules \
> files contained in he snortrules-snapshot-29xx.tar.gz package? 
> Are they outdated ? So why do we keep them in the files ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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2016, at 11:09 AM, Y M &lt;<a href="mailto:snort@outlook.com" \
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8px;" class="" applecontenteditable="true"> <div class="">Yes, as far as I \
understand. In a very abstract form, the policy is expressed in the "metadata" \
keyword within each rule using definitions such as balanced-ips, security-ips . This \
is how PulledPork can tell which rules to enable based on the selected  policy. There \
is a one-to-one mapping of policies between the ruleset and PulledPork (not sure \
about the max-ips through).</div> <div class=""><br class="">
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<div class="">YM<br class="">
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<div class="acompli_signature">Sent from Mobile</div>
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From: Dan Roberts &lt;<a dir="ltr" href="mailto:danroberts2604@gmail.com" \
x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" \
x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" class="">danroberts2604@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br \
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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:24 PM<br class="">
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort rules<br class="">
To: Y M &lt;<a dir="ltr" href="mailto:snort@outlook.com" \
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x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" class="">snort@outlook.com</a>&gt;<br class=""> <br \
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<div class="">Thanks for the link :-)</div>
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<div class="">
<div class="">I knew that with&nbsp;some dedicated tools (like Pulledpork) you \
can&nbsp;generate your set of rules&nbsp;based on: connectivity, balanced or security \
profile.</div> </div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Does&nbsp;it mean that&nbsp;the&nbsp;package delivered by default \
by&nbsp;Snort&nbsp;for the registered users \
(snortrules-snapshot-xxx.tar.gz)&nbsp;provides the same set of rules&nbsp;(known as \
"Balanced Base Policy") as the balanced-one&nbsp;built by Pulledpork ?</div> <div \
class=""><br class=""> </div>
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</div>
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class="">&lt;<a href="mailto:snort@outlook.com" \
class="">snort@outlook.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br class=""> <blockquote \
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solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="">
<div class="">Check this link: <a \
href="http://blog.snort.org/2013/10/snort-vrt-default-ruleset-rebalancing.html" \
class=""> http://blog.snort.org/2013/10/snort-vrt-default-ruleset-rebalancing.html</a></div>
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<div class="">YM<br class="">
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<div class="">Sent from Mobile</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:55 PM +0300, "Dan Roberts" <span \
dir="ltr" class=""> &lt;<a href="mailto:danroberts2604@gmail.com" \
class="">danroberts2604@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br class=""> <br class="">
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<div class="">Hi all,</div>
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<div class="">Does someone know what&nbsp;decides which rules are commented out (#) \
in the *.rules files contained in he snortrules-snapshot-29xx.tar.gz package?</div> \
<div class=""><br class=""> </div>
<div class="">Are they outdated ? So why do we keep them in the files ?</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
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<div class="">Thanks</div>
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<div class="">Dan</div>
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