[Bro] Using a 'OR' condition in Signature payloads
Vern Paxson
vern at icir.org
Tue Oct 31 00:32:27 PST 2006
> payload /.*(abc) | (xyz).*/
> }
>
> When I run Bro with this signature, I was able to see a log for the packet
> that matches the pattern first.i.e., the packet with
> abc or xyz (whichever comes first) gets logged and the rest doesn't generate
> a log.
> Only one pattern matches always and the others go unnoticed.
>
> Is there anything wrong in writing the 'OR' condition?
I believe what's going on is that "payload" is matching the TCP *byte-stream*
rather than individual packets. As such, there's just one match to the
pattern, since the .*'s eat up everything else in the byte-stream.
There's an option to just match packet payloads, but I don't recall what
it is. I've cc'd Robin since he's the expert on the signature engine.
Vern
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