The global variable suricata_ctl_flags needs to volatile, otherwise the
compiler might not cause the variable to be read every time because it
doesn't know other threads might write the variable.
This was causing Suricata to not exit under some conditions.
Instead of error phrone externs with macro's, use functions with a local
static enum var instead.
- EngineModeIsIPS(): in IPS mode
- EngineModeIsIDS(): in IDS mode
To set the modes:
- EngineModeSetIDS(): IDS mode (default)
- EngineModeSetIPS(): IPS mode
Bug #1177.
This patch adds a '-k' option to suricata to be able to specify
the checksum validation to use. If '-k all' is used, checksum
validation is forced. If '-k none' is used, no checksum validation
is made.
Message output in case of detection of a pcap file with a probable
cheksum issue has been updated to indicate that '-k' is a solution.
This variable can be used to indicate to suricata that the host
running is running as a router or is in sniffing only mode.
This will used at least to determine which interfaces are used to
send reject message.
This patch introduces a unix command socket. JSON formatted messages
can be exchanged between suricata and a program connecting to a
dedicated socket.
The protocol is the following:
* Client connects to the socket
* It sends a version message: { "version": "$VERSION_ID" }
* Server answers with { "return": "OK|NOK" }
If server returns OK, the client is now allowed to send command.
The format of command is the following:
{
"command": "pcap-file",
"arguments": { "filename": "smtp-clean.pcap", "output-dir": "/tmp/out" }
}
The server will try to execute the "command" specified with the
(optional) provided "arguments".
The answer by server is the following:
{
"return": "OK|NOK",
"message": JSON_OBJECT or information string
}
A simple script is provided and is available under scripts/suricatasc. It
is not intended to be enterprise-grade tool but it is more a proof of
concept/example code. The first command line argument of suricatasc is
used to specify the socket to connect to.
Configuration of the feature is made in the YAML under the 'unix-command'
section:
unix-command:
enabled: yes
filename: custom.socket
The path specified in 'filename' is not absolute and is relative to the
state directory.
A new running mode called 'unix-socket' is also added.
When starting in this mode, only a unix socket manager
is started. When it receives a 'pcap-file' command, the manager
start a 'pcap-file' running mode which does not really leave at
the end of file but simply exit. The manager is then able to start
a new running mode with a new file.
To start this mode, Suricata must be started with the --unix-socket
option which has an optional argument which fix the file name of the
socket. The path is not absolute and is relative to the state directory.
THe 'pcap-file' command adds a file to the list of files to treat.
For each pcap file, a pcap file running mode is started and the output
directory is changed to what specified in the command. The running
mode specified in the 'runmode' YAML setting is used to select which
running mode must be use for the pcap file treatment.
This requires modification in suricata.c file where initialisation code
is now conditional to the fact 'unix-socket' mode is not used.
Two other commands exists to get info on the remaining tasks:
* pcap-file-number: return the number of files in the waiting queue
* pcap-file-list: return the list of waiting files
'pcap-file-list' returns a structured object as message. The
structure is the following:
{
'count': 2,
'files': ['file1.pcap', 'file2.pcap']
}
This patch creates a pid file per default and use it to avoid to be
able to run two Suricata. Separate pid file have to be provided to
be able to do it.
To reload ruleset during engine runtime, send the USR2 signal to the engine, and the ruleset would be reloaded from the same yaml file supplied at engine startup
Use the --dag <dagname> cmd line option to specify from which DAG card to read pkts
from.
Issue at the moment with pkts being ejected during shutdown -- at the moment we
ignore any packets that are not of link type Ethernet.