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Global Thresholds

Limit to logging 1 event per 60 seconds per IP triggering each rule (rule gen_id is 1): 

threshold gen_id 1, sig_id 0, type limit, track by_src, count 1, seconds 60

Limit to logging 1 event per 60 seconds per IP, triggering each rule for each event generator: 

threshold gen_id 0, sig_id 0, type limit, track by_src, count 1, seconds 60

Events in Snort are generated in the usual way, thresholding is handled as part of the output system. Read gen-msg.map for details on gen ids.

Users can also configure a memcap for threshold with a ``config:'' option: 

config threshold: memcap <bytes>


Steven Sturges 2007-10-04
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