Re: Order of stream_size and dsize checks?

[Steven Sturges <steve.sturges () sourcefire com>]

For rules that match, all of the options will be evaluated, so no 
savings there, but avoiding complex checks such as PCRE is always
good for performance.

I'd recommend placing the options that are less likely to match on
all packets except the real thing, towards the front of the rule --
taking into account any relative dependencies, of course.

That is why most of the Sourcefire authored rules has flow (eg, 
to_server,established) as the first option.

Cheers
-steve

On 3/21/14, 2:22 PM, snort user wrote:
> Joel -
>
> Could you please explain how the placing of stream_size or dsize will
> speed up evaluation of the rule? I can see that placing it upfront will
> eliminate evaluation of the more expensive options such as content or
> pcre, but is there some other aspect that will make the rule evaluation
> more faster with these rule options placed upfront?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Joel Esler (jesler) <jesler () cisco com
> <mailto:jesler () cisco com>> wrote:
>
>     You bring up a good point though, Harley, which is basically, if you
>     put those checks first in the rule (before the content match) it can
>     speed up the evaluation of the traffic by that rule.
>
>     --
>     *Joel Esler*
>     Open Source Manager
>     Threat Intelligence Team Lead
>     Vulnerability Research Team
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>     On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Steven Sturges
>     <steve.sturges () sourcefire com <mailto:steve.sturges () sourcefire com>>
>     wrote:
>
> >     Rule options are evaluated in the order specified in the rule.
> >
> >     On 3/21/14, 11:56 AM, Harley H wrote:
> > >     Hello,
> > >       Are stream_size and dsize checked following any or all content
> > >     matches or are they performed first?
> > >
> > >     -Harley
> > >
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