Re: [pfSense-discussion] oink, oink

2010-02-26 Thread Tim Dressel
I normally only run snort when I think I've got something going on *inside* the network. I used to pick and choose just a couple of rule sets just to see how dirty the other side of my firewall was. It was fascinating at first. Now when I have some sort of hint that there might be a bug on the ins

Re: [pfSense-discussion] oink, oink

2010-02-26 Thread Ian Bowers
I run snort on a net 5501 (500 MHz geode 512 mega ram). I run most of the standard rules plus a good number of the Emerging Threats rules, and I can run an inside and outside instance on a full cable pipe (12 mbits down). And net5501 NICs are interrupt hogs. An atom should be fine. I run

Re: [pfSense-discussion] oink, oink

2010-02-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:21:52AM -0500, Jim Pingle wrote: > On 2/26/2010 10:26 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > There's no way to get snort to run on an ALIX, am I correct? > > It should work but you must be _very_ frugal in choosing the (few) rule > sets you want to load. Also setting it to lowmem is

Re: [pfSense-discussion] oink, oink

2010-02-26 Thread Jim Pingle
On 2/26/2010 10:26 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > There's no way to get snort to run on an ALIX, am I correct? It should work but you must be _very_ frugal in choosing the (few) rule sets you want to load. Also setting it to lowmem is a must. Jim ---

[pfSense-discussion] oink, oink

2010-02-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
Wow, now I know why the snort mascot is a pig. After fixing all the rule errors via http://blog.stellartech.us/?tag=pfsense (I had to disable the categories dns.rules, netbios.rules, smtp.rules and sql.rules) it still eats up 100% and eventually expires Warning: flowbits key 'email.pdf' is set bu

Re: [pfSense-discussion] interesting new supermicro embedded

2010-02-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 03:13:46PM +0100, Aarno Aukia wrote: > > Routing performance ok? Does the IPMI really allow KVM > > and remote media (i.e. remote reinstalls) without buying extra > > licenses? > > I'm sorry, I mixed it up with the 5015A-H, which doesn't have IPMI. Yes, I have three of th

[pfSense-discussion] Feb 26 15:22:14 pfsense snort[9427]: FATAL ERROR: Warning: /usr/local/etc/snort/rules/smtp.rules(62) => Unknown keyword ' detection_filter' in rule!

2010-02-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
I've seen on the forums quite a few people have been having snort rules issues like Feb 26 15:22:14 pfsense snort[9427]: FATAL ERROR: Warning: /usr/local/etc/snort/rules/smtp.rules(62) => Unknown keyword ' detection_filter' in rule! Is that fixed in snort-dev? Any known workarounds? -- Eugen

Re: [pfSense-discussion] interesting new supermicro embedded

2010-02-26 Thread Aarno Aukia
Hello, On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:45, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:03:59PM +0100, Aarno Aukia wrote: >> We have them, we like them ;) They are the next bigger appliances >> after ALIX for us. > > No problems whatsoever? Ventilation adequate, or needs more fans? > Do you use a r

Re: [pfSense-discussion] interesting new supermicro embedded

2010-02-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:03:59PM +0100, Aarno Aukia wrote: > We have them, we like them ;) They are the next bigger appliances > after ALIX for us. No problems whatsoever? Ventilation adequate, or needs more fans? Do you use a riser and extra NICs? Routing performance ok? Does the IPMI really

Re: [pfSense-discussion] interesting new supermicro embedded

2010-02-26 Thread Aarno Aukia
We have them, we like them ;) They are the next bigger appliances after ALIX for us. -Aarno On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:21, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > Just found http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015A-PHF.cfm > > Key Features > 1. Intel® Atom™ D510 >    (DMI) > 2. Up to 4GB singl

[pfSense-discussion] interesting new supermicro embedded

2010-02-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
Just found http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015A-PHF.cfm Key Features 1. Intel® Atom™ D510 (DMI) 2. Up to 4GB single channel unbuffered, non-ECC DDR2 667MHz SO-DIMM 3. 1 (x4) PCI-E (in x16 slot) 4. 2x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN 5. Onboard GMA3150 Video 6. 1x 3.5" or Up