Snort - the de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention
the de facto standard in IPS  
Got Source? About Snort About Sourcefire Snort FAQ
Sourcefire Network Security - the creators of Snort
Snort News Snort Downloads Snort Rules Snort Docs Snort Training Snort Forums Snort Community Snort Store
Search Site
Search Rules
Account
email
password
not registered?
can't login?
user preferences
next up previous contents
Next: Stream5 TCP Configuration Up: Stream5 Previous: Anomaly Detection   Contents

Stream5 Global Configuration

Global settings for the Stream5 preprocessor. 

preprocessor stream5_global: [track_tcp <yes|no>], [max_tcp <number>], \
                      [memcap <number bytes>], \
                      [track_udp <yes|no>], [max_udp <number>], \
                      [track_icmp <yes|no>], [max_icmp <number>], \
                      [flush_on_alert], [show_rebuilt_packets]

Option Description
track_tcp <yes|no> Track sessions for TCP. The default is "yes".
max_tcp <num sessions> Maximum simultaneous TCP sessions tracked. The default is "256000", maximum is "1052672", minimum is "1".
memcap <num bytes> Memcap for TCP packet storage. The default is "8388608" (8MB), maximum is "1073741824" (1GB), minimum is "32768" (32KB).
track_udp <yes|no> Track sessions for UDP. The default is "yes".
max_udp <num sessions> Maximum simultaneous UDP sessions tracked. The default is "128000", maximum is "1052672", minimum is "1".
track_icmp <yes|no> Track sessions for ICMP. The default is "yes".
max_icmp <num sessions> Maximum simultaneous ICMP sessions tracked. The default is "64000", maximum is "1052672", minimum is "1".
flush_on_alert Backwards compatibilty. Flush a TCP stream when an alert is generated on that stream. The default is set to off.
show_rebuilt_packets Print/display packet after rebuilt (for debugging). The default is set to off.

next up previous contents
Next: Stream5 TCP Configuration Up: Stream5 Previous: Anomaly Detection   Contents
Steven Sturges 2008-04-01
site feedback | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | forum archives ©2007 Snort and Sourcefire are registered trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. All rights reserved.