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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hey all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So…been battling trying to get some asa stuff to fly. As I’m testing things, I think I need some help in understanding more on how liblognorm works. Here’s the rules below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Normalize-rulebase:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>alert udp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"[ASA] TCP EXTERNAL BLOCK"; program: TEST; content: TCP; normalize: asa; classtype: bad-unknown; sid: 6000006; rev:1;)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rule:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>prefix=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>rule=: TCP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is a space at the end of the TCP. That being shown, here’s what happens when I test this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>echo "1.1.1.1|local0|warning|warning|84|2011-11-21|15:03:02|TEST| TCP " > sagan.fifo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[*] Normalize output: [cee@115 originalmsg=" TCP " unparsed-data=""]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve tried:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>echo "1.1.1.1|local0|warning|warning|84|2011-11-21|15:03:02|TEST| TCP" > sagan.fifo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>echo "1.1.1.1|local0|warning|warning|84|2011-11-21|15:03:02|TEST|TCP" > sagan.fifo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>echo "1.1.1.1|local0|warning|warning|84|2011-11-21|15:03:02|TEST|TCP " > sagan.fifo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>None of which work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[*] Normalize output: [cee@115 originalmsg=" TCP" unparsed-data=""]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[*] Normalize output: [cee@115 originalmsg="TCP" unparsed-data="TCP"]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[*] Normalize output: [cee@115 originalmsg="TCP " unparsed-data="TCP "]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My question is, why not, and where is the issue? Why would a simple word like this not match? Even chaning “TCP” in the rulebase to %-:word% gives me the same output. What could I be missing here? Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>James<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>