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+# Test Purpose
+
+Test if rule triggers, when seeing to many ftp txs
+
+# Pcap
+generated with scapy
diff --git a/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/ftp.pcap b/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/ftp.pcap
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diff --git a/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/suricata.yaml b/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/suricata.yaml
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+%YAML 1.1
+---
+
+app-layer:
+  ftp:
+    max-tx: 2
diff --git a/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/test.rules b/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/test.rules
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+alert ftp any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FTP too many transactions"; app-layer-event:ftp.too_many_transactions; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:1;)
diff --git a/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/test.yaml b/tests/ftp-max-tx-rule/test.yaml
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+requires:
+   min-version: 9
+
+args:
+  - -k none
+
+checks:
+  - filter:
+      count: 1
+      match:
+        event_type: alert
+        alert.signature_id: 1