diff --git a/doc/userguide/rules/payload-keywords.rst b/doc/userguide/rules/payload-keywords.rst index 9a609a217f04..086e11c58ff4 100644 --- a/doc/userguide/rules/payload-keywords.rst +++ b/doc/userguide/rules/payload-keywords.rst @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ precision to the content match, previously this could have been done with ``isda An optional operator can be specified; if no operator is present, the operator will default to '='. When a relational operator is used, e.g., '<', '>' or '<>' (range), -the bsize value will be compared using the relational operator. Ranges are inclusive. +the bsize value will be compared using the relational operator. Ranges are exclusive. If one or more ``content`` keywords precedes ``bsize``, each occurrence of ``content`` will be inspected and an error will be raised if the content length and the bsize @@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ Examples of ``bsize`` in a rule: alert dns any any -> any any (msg:"test bsize rule"; dns.query; content:"middle"; bsize:6<>15; sid:126; rev:1;) +To emphasize how range works: in the example above, a match will occur if +``bsize`` is greater than 6 and less than 15. + dsize -----