Hi Doug
sorry we forgot to inform you, pf_ring 5.6.1 is out

Alfredo

On Sep 2, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Doug Burks <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Luca and Alfredo,
> 
> I haven't heard back from you.  Any particular reason why I shouldn't
> go ahead and push the current SVN to my users?
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Doug Burks <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Is the current SVN considered stable enough that I can deploy it to my
>> users?  Thoughts?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Doug Burks <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Luca,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your quick reply!
>>> 
>>> Yes, the code in SVN seems to fix the issue for me.  Here's some further 
>>> detail:
>>> 
>>> Our current stable packages work fine:
>>> - Snort 2.9.4.6
>>> - PF_RING 5.5.3 + patch for negative index causing fragments to be
>>> dropped.  Should be roughly equivalent to PF_RING 5.6.0 release.  For
>>> background info, reference this thread:
>>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/private/ntop-misc/2013-June/003782.html
>>> 
>>> Using this version of PF_RING 5.5.3/5.6.0, if I upgrade to Snort
>>> 2.9.5.3, snort goes to 100% CPU usage and drops all packets:
>>> Snort processed 0 packets.
>>> Snort ran for 0 days 0 hours 1 minutes 31 seconds
>>>   Pkts/min:            0
>>>   Pkts/sec:            0
>>> ===============================================================================
>>> Packet I/O Totals:
>>>   Received:            0
>>>   Analyzed:            0 (  0.000%)
>>>    Dropped:        11246 (100.000%)
>>> 
>>> Seems similar to what's described in this thread:
>>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/private/ntop-misc/2013-July/003855.html
>>> 
>>> Looking at the date of Alfredo's conclusion to that thread, looks like
>>> the Snort issue may have been fixed in r6616 -
>>> trunk/PF_RING/userland/snort/pfring-daq-module?
>>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/private/ntop-dev/2013-July/011004.html
>>> 
>>> If I then upgrade to PF_RING 5.6.1 SVN, snort seems to work fine (CPU
>>> usage is normal, packets are analyzed and alerts flowing).
>>> 
>>> Is the current SVN considered stable enough that I can deploy it to my 
>>> users?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Doug
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Luca Deri <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Doug,
>>>> we're making big changes to DNA/libzero so the next release will be a 
>>>> major release. Hence for us it's ok to release 5.6.1 before such release.
>>>> 
>>>> Did you check that the code in SVN has really fixed the issue?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards Luca
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 28, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Doug Burks <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm getting ready to build and deploy packages for Snort 2.9.5.3, but
>>>>> it appears there is a bug when using Snort 2.9.5 and higher with the
>>>>> current PF_RING 5.6.0 release.  Looking at ntop-dev and ntop-misc, it
>>>>> appears this bug was fixed on 7/20 in the 5.6.1 development version.
>>>>> 
>>>>> When do you expect to release 5.6.1?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
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>>>>> http://securityonion.blogspot.com
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