Hi all!
After successfully compiling pf_ring and enable module on a rpi 3 arm kernel :
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ modinfo pf_ring && cat /proc/net/pf_ring/info
filename: /lib/modules/4.4.34-v7+/kernel/net/pf_ring/pf_ring.ko
alias: net-pf-27
description: Packet capture acceleration and analysis
author: ntop.org
license: GPL
srcversion: 159AD63EACFCF3EFC835D09
depends:
vermagic: 4.4.34-v7 SMP mod_unload modversions ARMv7
parm: min_num_slots:Min number of ring slots (uint)
parm: perfect_rules_hash_size:Perfect rules hash size (uint)
parm: transparent_mode:(deprecated) (uint)
parm: enable_debug:Set to 1 to enable PF_RING debug tracing into the syslog (uint)
parm: enable_tx_capture:Set to 1 to capture outgoing packets (uint)
parm: enable_frag_coherence:Set to 1 to handle fragments (flow coherence) in clusters (uint)
parm: enable_ip_defrag:Set to 1 to enable IP defragmentation(only rx traffic is defragmentead) (uint)
parm: quick_mode:Set to 1 to run at full speed but with upto one socket per interface (uint)
PF_RING Version : 6.4.1 (unknown)
Total rings : 2
Standard (non ZC) Options
Ring slots : 32768
Slot version : 16
Capture TX : Yes [RX+TX]
IP Defragment : No
Socket Mode : Standard
Total plugins : 0
Cluster Fragment Queue : 0
Cluster Fragment Discard : 0
I compiled also successfully bro with pf_ring plugin. But there is a problem…Although rpi interface “sees” network traffic as it is plugged on a network mirror bridge and pf_ring compiled tcpdump output does full network packet capture :
pi@raspberrypi:~/bro-test $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:68:1a:49
inet addr:10.0.0.31 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::18a4:4736:aeb7:94b7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5912 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1317 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:358436 (350.0 KiB) TX bytes:166018 (162.1 KiB)
pi@raspberrypi:~/bro-test $ sudo /opt/pfring/sbin/tcpdump host not 10.0.0.31
[PF_RING] mmap() failed: try with a smaller snaplen
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
21:00:43.045119 IP 10.0.0.2.37630 > 10.0.0.3.9200: Flags [.], seq 2264223995:2264225443, ack 4236626719, win 1444, options [nop,nop,TS val 3506664 ecr 3496553], length 1448
21:00:43.045498 IP 10.0.0.2.37630 > 10.0.0.3.9200: Flags [.], seq 1448:2896, ack 1, win 1444, options [nop,nop,TS val 3506664 ecr 3496553], length 1448
21:00:43.045500 IP 10.0.0.2.37630 > 10.0.0.3.9200: Flags [P.], seq 2896:4096, ack 1, win 1444, options [nop,nop,TS val 3506664 ecr 3496553], length 1200
21:00:43.045502 IP 10.0.0.2.37630 > 10.0.0.3.9200: Flags [.], seq 4096:5544, ack 1, win 1444, options [nop,nop,TS val 3506664 ecr 3496553], length 1448
21:00:43.046343 IP 10.0.0.2.37630 > 10.0.0.3.9200: Flags [.], seq 5544:6992, ack 1, win 1444, options [nop,nop,TS val 3506664 ecr 3496553], length 1448
21:00:43.046344 IP 10.0.0.2.37630 > 10.0.0.3.9200: Flags [P.], seq 6992:7028, ack 1, win 1444, options [nop,nop,TS val 3506664 ecr 3496553], length 36
21:00:43.046346 IP 10.0.0.3.9200 > 10.0.0.2.37630: Flags [.], ack 7028, win 1024, options [nop,nop,TS val 3496778 ecr 3506664], length 0
^C
7 packets captured
10 packets received by filter
3 packets dropped by kernel
When i start bro with pf_ring bro exports logs only for rpi self traffic that is to say traffic from or to 10.0.0.31 ip:
pi@raspberrypi:~/bro-test $ sudo /opt/bro/bin/bro -i pf_ring::eth0
listening on eth0
1488315827.676782 616 packets received on interface eth0, 0 dropped
pi@raspberrypi:~/bro-test $ cat conn.log
#separator \x09
#set_separator ,
#empty_field (empty)
#unset_field -
#path conn
#open 2017-02-28-21-03-39
#fields ts uid id.orig_h id.orig_p id.resp_h id.resp_p proto service duration orig_bytes resp_bytes conn_state local_orig local_resp missed_bytes history orig_pkts orig_ip_bytes resp_pkts resp_ip_bytestunnel_parents
#types time string addr port addr port enum string interval count count string bool bool count stringcount count count count set[string]
1488315814.841388 Cn0COF2Dl2RGFtlsak 10.8.0.2 60414 10.0.0.31 22 tcp - - - - OTH – 0 ^c 0 0 0 0 (empty)
1488315826.472327 C0a8me4cjwn36bIpZ 10.8.0.2 60414 10.0.0.31 22 tcp - - - - OTH – 0 ^c 0 0 0 0 (empty)
#close 2017-02-28-21-03-47
There are no errors and no capture_loss or drop packets, although base bro plugins are enable, bro sees only limited events:
pi@raspberrypi:~/bro-test $ ls -la
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 3 pi pi 4096 Feb 28 21:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 pi pi 4096 Feb 28 20:55 …
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 699 Feb 28 21:03 conn.log
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 253 Feb 28 21:03 packet_filter.log
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 362 Feb 28 21:03 reporter.log
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 28 21:03 .state
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 428 Feb 28 21:03 weird.log
On the contrary if on the same machine bro starts with default libpcap i get full network visibility and real traffic logs:
pi@raspberrypi:/opt/bro/logs/current $ ls
capture_loss.log dce_rpc.log dns.log http.log notice.log stats.log stdout.log weird.log
conn.log dhcp.log files.log kerberos.log ssl.log stderr.log syslog.log x509.log
pi@raspberrypi:/opt/bro/logs/current $
pi@raspberrypi:/opt/bro/logs/current $ tail -f conn.log
1488300721.714628 C0ZuNp3n1AAPFqOAP8 fe80::d436:4663:8865:8d25 546 ff02::1:2 547 udp - 62.994834 784 0 S0 F F 0 D 7 1120 0 0 (empty)
1488300873.355133 C4qmHe463s94Z4dwq1 10.0.0.3 43772 10.0.0.1 53 udp dns 0.000407 30 105 SF T T 0 Dd 1 58 1 133 (empty)
1488300873.353585 CHKByP1XMjBTSqRJ7e 10.0.0.3 55014 10.0.0.1 53 udp dns 0.000434 44 107 SF T T 0 Dd 1 72 1 135 (empty)
1488300882.759725 CnoqlW2FFjY3LX3q2 10.0.0.6 49704 10.0.0.5 445 tcp - 14.935617 3786 1209 RSTO T T 0 ShADdaR 13 4318 9 1581 (empty)
1488300864.039916 CwI2Fng0jsi2ODWl9 10.0.0.31 123 193.93.167.241 123 udp - 0.020522 0 48 SHR T F 0 Cd 0 0 1 76 (empty)
1488300874.039921 CN6xHJ2fqNoOloNr4e 10.0.0.31 123 194.116.168.41 123 udp - 0.029709 0 48 SHR T F 0 Cd 0 0 1 76 (empty)
1488300933.675398 Cd7Bql2wn5TNLWBTMg 10.0.0.3 47206 10.0.0.1 53 udp dns 0.000539 30 105 SF T T 0 Dd 1 58 1 133 (empty)
1488300933.674395 CHSnQs2YEeLjiqxOe3 10.0.0.3 55965 10.0.0.1 53 udp dns 0.000245 44 107 SF T T 0 Dd 1 72 1 135 (empty)
1488300889.039915 CALlew1poCyja9ha2l 10.0.0.31 123 91.217.155.60 123 udp - 0.021564 0 48 SHR T F 0 Cd 0 0 1 76 (empty)
So any ideas whats going on ? I couldn’t find any reference of something similar really and i am searching reading and compiling for 2 weeks 
Bro is a great tool and combined with rpi and pf_ring very flexible and powerful in cluster mode. So any help would be highly appreciated to help me with this project. Thanks in advanced