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Old 02-26-2004, 06:05 AM   #1
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Question snort_decoder Truncated Tcp Options

I get this report i the alert log.

[**] [116:55:1] (snort_decoder): Truncated Tcp Options [**]
timetag some_ip -> some_ip

What does it mean?
 
Old 02-26-2004, 11:44 AM   #2
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Here is a good link describing what it is.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=snor...4642022660&w=2
If you want to have snort ignore those errors edit your snort.conf file and add
config disable_ttcp_alerts
to it.
 
  


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