RE: snort behavior in very high-load environment, B SD vs. linux

["Abe L. Getchell" <abegetchell () qx net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net 
> [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of 
> Williams Jon
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:14 AM
> To: 'Adam D'Amico'; snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: RE: [Snort-users] snort behavior in very high-load 
> environment, B SD vs. linux

<snip>

> First, I don't remember if it was Linux or another OS 
> (Solaris?), but there's at least one Unix out there that lies 
> about its packet drop rate, as it its hard coded to 0 in the 
> kernel.  In my testing of Slowaris vs. FreeBSD, this appears 
> to be the case.

<snip>

        It's Linux.  It will report that no packets have been dropped
when there has been.

Thanks,
Abe

--
Abe L. Getchell
Security Engineer
abegetchell () qx net



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