Re: Snort 1.9.0 Hard Crashes/Lockups

[Chris Green <cmg () sourcefire com>]

"Ricardo, Gerson" <gricardo () gableseng com> writes:

> Most every time i start snort on my linux (RH 7.3) server it locks
> up at = wholly sporadic times. If snort isn't running, the machine
> works quite = fine.  Mind you it captures/processes packets
> beautifully while the = system is responsive - but when it does lock
> up it's frozen - requires a = hard reboot.

Try a different ethernet card and brand.  There seems to be a good bit
of tg3 driver problems in archives on linux-kernel.

Sniffing is a harder activity on cards than normal traffic.
-- 
Chris Green <cmg () sourcefire com>
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
     -- Groucho Marx


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