doc: rules-meta small cleanup

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Victor Julien 9 years ago
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Meta-settings
=============
Meta-settings have no effect on Suricata's inspection; they have an
effect on the way Suricata reports events.
Meta-settings have no effect on Suricata's inspection; they do have an effect on the way Suricata reports events.
msg (message)
-------------
The keyword msg gives more information about the signature and the
possible alert. The first part shows the filename of the
signature. It is a convention that part is written in uppercase
The keyword msg gives more information about the signature and the possible alert. The first part shows the class of the signature. It is a convention that part is written in uppercase
characters.
The format of msg is:
::
msg: "some description";
msg: “..........”;
Example:
Examples:
::
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::
It is a convention that msg is always the first keyword of a signature.
It is a convention that msg is always the first keyword of a signature.
Another example of msg in a signature:
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Sid (signature id)
------------------
The keyword sid gives every signature its own id. This id is stated
with a number.
The keyword sid gives every signature its own id. This id is stated with a number.
The format of sid is:

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