[Snortsam-discussion] Snortsam Password mismatch! error

[Keith Mitchell]

I can now confirm that a 32-bit pre-compiled binary of snortsam and 
barnyard with the snortsam patches *does* work on x64.

FYI.


Frank Knobbe wrote:
> 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
>
>
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