Re: Incorrect SID 108

[Brian <bmc () snort org>]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 09:11:34AM +0900, Ian Masters wrote:
> Why is it necessary for two alerts to have the same SID?

Same sid, different GID.  The unique identifier for any given alert is
tied to a 3 item set.

    [GID:SID:REV]

GID - Generator ID
SID - Signature ID
REV - Revision

Snort has been this way for a very long time.

Brian

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