Re: Snort 2.6.1.3 ignoring stream4

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com>]

Paul,

How much RAM and what type of processor do you have on this machine?

JOel


On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 02:23:01PM -0400, it looks like Paul Melson sent me:
> > Just a question, we'll have to look at this more intensly, but try 
> > config detection: search-method ac-bnfa
>
> Adam & Joel,
>
> I made this change on the affected sensor last night and I am now seeing
> packet drop% peaks in the 55-60 range, almost double where it was before.
> Additionally, CPU utilization for that process climbed up to 100% this
> morning (with the start of business) and hasn't dipped below 90%.  It is
> typically in the 60-80%  range during business hours.  Previously, there was
> no uncommented 'config detection' line in the snort.conf file.
>
> So I've removed that change and am back to where things were when I first
> posted.  If it matters, the sensor is on RHEL4 on x86 and had very small
> load on the same hardware with 2.6.0 and prior.
>
> Thanks,
> PaulM
>
>
>
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