Re: Latest rule update

[Stefan Dens <larc () pandora be>]

Brian wrote:

> According to User BALGAA System Engineer:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > How can I to update snort-stable rule sets to latest rule sets?
>
> wget http://www.snort.org/downloads/snortrules.tar.gz
> tar -zxvf snortrules.tar.gz
> cp rules/* /etc/snort/rules # (or wherever your rules exist)
>
> snortrules.tar.gz is updated every 30 minutes from CVS.  Downloading
> this every 30 minutes IS a bit much.  We usually make changes on a
> daily basis.  
>
> If you are looking for a regular update as to what changes are being
> made with the signatures, I would subscribe to the snort-cvs so you
> get up to the moment commit messages.
>
> -brian
>
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I think that it would be better if there was a file like 
'snortrules.md5' on the snort website, with the latest checksum of the 
cvs-snapshot.
Then my script has just to compare the checksum and not download the 
hole tar.gz file to find out that there wasn't anything changed.

Stefan Dens



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