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1.11 Does Snort log the full packets when it generates alerts?

Yes, the packets should be in the directory that has the same IP address as the source host of the packet which generated the alert. If you are using binary logging, there will be a packet capture file (.pcap) in the logging directory instead.


Nigel Houghton 2006-10-02
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