Chapter 29 IDP

The rule header contains the rule's:

Action

Protocol

Source and destination IP addresses and netmasks

Source and destination ports information.

The rule option section contains alert messages and information on which parts of the packet should be inspected to determine if the rule action should be taken.

These are some equivalent Snort terms in the ZyWALL.

Table 163 ZyWALL - Snort Equivalent Terms

ZYWALL TERM

SNORT EQUIVALENT TERM

Type Of Service

tos

 

 

Identification

id

 

 

Fragmentation

fragbits

 

 

Fragmentation Offset

fragoffset

 

 

Time to Live

ttl

 

 

IP Options

ipopts

 

 

Same IP

sameip

 

 

Transport Protocol

 

 

 

Transport Protocol: TCP

 

 

 

Port

(In Snort rule header)

 

 

Flow

flow

 

 

Flags

flags

 

 

Sequence Number

seq

 

 

Ack Number

ack

 

 

Window Size

window

 

 

Transport Protocol: UDP

(In Snort rule header)

 

 

Port

(In Snort rule header)

 

 

Transport Protocol: ICMP

 

 

 

Type

itype

 

 

Code

icode

 

 

ID

icmp_id

 

 

Sequence Number

icmp_seq

 

 

Payload Options

(Snort rule options)

 

 

Payload Size

dsize

 

 

Offset (relative to start of payload)

offset

 

 

Relative to end of last match

distance

 

 

Content

content

 

 

Case-insensitive

nocase

 

 

Decode as URI

uricontent

 

 

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