Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the report. I just fixed it in the following snapshot:

http://www.ossec.net/files/snapshots/ossec-hids-080524.tar.gz

Please try it out to make sure it is still working (should be  :)  )

Thanks!

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Daniel B. Cid
dcid ( at ) ossec.net



On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Andrew Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yes, sorry for the long subject line.
>
> I just noticed that the null-route script for active response (this is
> version 1.4) specifies 0.0.0.0 for the IP when the OS is FreeBSD.
>
> This is a snippet from the script:
>
>  if [ "X${UNAME}" = "XFreeBSD" ]; then
>   route -q add ${IP} 0.0.0.0 -blackhole
>   exit 0;
>  fi
>
> While this works, it also can cause the system to arp for 0.0.0.0, which in
> turn can send out all kinds of fun broadcast traffic.  My suggestion would
> be to use localhost instead:
>
>  if [ "X${UNAME}" = "XFreeBSD" ]; then
>   route -q add ${IP} 127.0.0.1 -blackhole
>   exit 0;
>  fi
>
>
>
>

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