[Snortsam-discussion] Snortsam Password mismatch! error

[Frank Knobbe]

Thanks Mark.

I recently heard from someone that was running the precompiled binary on
a 64-bit system and had success. So it seems that it's not a problem
executing code on a 64-bit architecture, but compiling Snortsam on a
64-bit system. 

What you could try is compiling Snortsam on one of your 32-bit systems
and then moving it to the 64-bit system. If you could confirm that it
works then, that would be great.

That also means that a solution seems easier than dissecting the
encryption routines and following the bits. If the compiler can be
convinced to treat long's as 32-bit, perhaps with a #pragma, that could
solve the problem. Alternatively all long definitions could be replaced
with an explicit double word or so. I'll need to look into what compiler
and code options are available.

I'm still busy in a couple engagements so it will be a couple weeks
until I can focus on that. Perhaps someone else here might find a
solution sooner. But it looks like we're on the right track narrowing
this pesky 64-bit issue down.

Cheers,
Frank