[Snort-sigs] reporting false positives...

Hi Folks,
         I am being plagued by lots of false +ves on many of the newer rules.
This isn't a complaint about snort, I'm fully aware of the limitations
of the technology and the difficulty of testing sigs.

What I want to know is what is the best method of capturing packets that
demonstrate the false +ves that the developers can use to refine
signatures. The standard advice of "Just send in a pcap" begs several
questions of exactly what is required and what is the best method of
obtaining the data.  I am willing to expend some time and energy
collecting data to help improve the rules but I want to make sure I and
not going about it in an inefficient manner.

I have asked this question (or variations on it) several times before
but never had any response.

My sensors run on Linux and I use the unified output plugin, how should
I go about reporting false +ves?  Please assume I'm real dumb :) but
that I am smart enough to follow instructions and also to install any
other tools that may help.
-- 
Russell Fulton, Information Security Officer, The University of Auckland
New Zealand



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