userguide: minor rewording and typo fixes

Some of these were recently introduced, some were highlited after the
applayer sections got merged. Some paragraphs seem to have been changed
due to trying to respect character limits for lines. Also includes a
typo pointed out by one of our community members via Discord.
pull/7921/head
Juliana Fajardini 4 years ago committed by Victor Julien
parent 9d9bc04886
commit 6f294f2f2d

@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ and prealloc for the following:
The flow-engine has a management thread that operates independent from The flow-engine has a management thread that operates independent from
the packet processing. This thread is called the flow-manager. This the packet processing. This thread is called the flow-manager. This
thread ensures that wherever possible and within the memcap. there thread ensures that wherever possible and within the memcap. There
will be 10000 flows prepared. will be 10000 flows prepared.
In IPS mode, a memcap-policy exception policy can be set, telling Suricata In IPS mode, a memcap-policy exception policy can be set, telling Suricata
@ -1251,13 +1251,13 @@ Application Layer Parsers
The ``app-layer`` section holds application layer specific configurations. The ``app-layer`` section holds application layer specific configurations.
A in IPS mode, a global exception policy accessed via the ``error-policy`` In IPS mode, a global exception policy accessed via the ``error-policy``
setting can be defined to indicate what the engine should do in case if setting can be defined to indicate what the engine should do in case if
encounters an app-layer error. Possible values are "drop-flow", "pass-flow", encounters an app-layer error. Possible values are "drop-flow", "pass-flow",
"bypass", "drop-packet", "pass-packet", "reject" or "ignore" (which will mean "bypass", "drop-packet", "pass-packet", "reject" or "ignore" (which maintains
keeping the default behavior). the default behavior).
Each supported protocol will have a dedicated subsection under ``protocols``. Each supported protocol has a dedicated subsection under ``protocols``.
Asn1_max_frames (new in 1.0.3 and 1.1) Asn1_max_frames (new in 1.0.3 and 1.1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -1684,15 +1684,14 @@ unlimited.
MQTT MQTT
~~~~ ~~~~
MQTT messages could theoretically be up to 256MB in size, potentially The maximum size of a MQTT message is 256MB, potentially containing a lot of
containing a lot of payload data (such as properties, topics, or payload data (such as properties, topics, or published payloads) that would end
published payloads) that would end up parsed and logged. To acknowledge up parsed and logged. To acknowledge the fact that most MQTT messages, however,
the fact that most MQTT messages, however, will be quite small and to will be quite small and to reduce the potential for denial of service issues,
reduce the potential for denial of service issues, it is possible to limit it is possible to limit the maximum length of a message that Suricata should
the maximum length of a message that we are willing to parse. Any message parse. Any message larger than the limit will just be logged with reduced
larger than the limit will just be logged with reduced metadata, and rules metadata, and rules will only be evaluated against a subset of fields. The
will only be evaluated against a subset of fields. default is 1 MB.
The default is 1 MB.
:: ::

@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To check if you have NFQ enabled in your Suricata build, enter the following com
suricata --build-info suricata --build-info
and make sure that NFS is listed in the output. and make sure that NFQ is listed in the output.
To run Suricata with the NFQ mode, you have to make use of the ``-q`` option. This To run Suricata with the NFQ mode, you have to make use of the ``-q`` option. This
option tells Suricata which queue numbers it should use. option tells Suricata which queue numbers it should use.

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