suricata/doc/userguide/rules/transforms.rst

Transformations
===============

Transformation keywords turn the data at a sticky buffer into something else.

Example::

    alert http any any -> any any (file_data; strip_whitespace; \
        content:"window.navigate("; sid:1;)

This example will match on traffic even if there are one or more spaces between
the ``navigate`` and ``(``.

The transforms can be chained. They are processed in the order in which they
appear in a rule. Each transforms output acts as input for the next one.

Example::

    alert http any any -> any any (http_request_line; compress_whitespace; to_sha256; \
        content:"|54A9 7A8A B09C 1B81 3725 2214 51D3 F997 F015 9DD7 049E E5AD CED3 945A FC79 7401|"; sid:1;)

.. note:: not all sticky buffers support transformations yet

strip_whitespace
----------------

Strips all whitespace as considered by the ``isspace()`` call in C.

Example::

    alert http any any -> any any (file_data; strip_whitespace; \
        content:"window.navigate("; sid:1;)

compress_whitespace
-------------------

Compresses all consecutive whitespace into a single space.

to_md5
------

Takes the buffer, calculates the MD5 hash and passes the raw hash value
on.

Example::

    alert http any any -> any any (http_request_line; to_md5; \
        content:"|54 A9 7A 8A B0 9C 1B 81 37 25 22 14 51 D3 F9 97|"; sid:1;)

.. note:: depends on libnss being compiled into Suricata

to_sha256
---------

Takes the buffer, calculates the SHA-256 hash and passes the raw hash value
on.

Example::

    alert http any any -> any any (http_request_line; to_sha256; \
        content:"|54A9 7A8A B09C 1B81 3725 2214 51D3 F997 F015 9DD7 049E E5AD CED3 945A FC79 7401|"; sid:1;)

.. note:: depends on libnss being compiled into Suricata