Meta-settings
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-Meta-settings have no effect on Suricata's inspection; they have an
-effect on the way Suricata reports events.
+Meta-settings have no effect on Suricata's inspection; they do have an effect on the way Suricata reports events.
msg (message)
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-The keyword msg gives more information about the signature and the
-possible alert. The first part shows the filename of the
-signature. It is a convention that part is written in uppercase
+The keyword msg gives more information about the signature and the possible alert. The first part shows the class of the signature. It is a convention that part is written in uppercase
characters.
The format of msg is:
::
+ msg: "some description";
- msg: “..........”;
-
-Example:
+Examples:
::
::
- It is a convention that msg is always the first keyword of a signature.
+It is a convention that msg is always the first keyword of a signature.
Another example of msg in a signature:
Sid (signature id)
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-The keyword sid gives every signature its own id. This id is stated
-with a number.
+The keyword sid gives every signature its own id. This id is stated with a number.
The format of sid is: