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Snort 2.4.4 and Snort 2.6 Beta Available
From: Jennifer Steffens <jennifer.steffens () sourcefire com>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:43:33 -0500
The Snort Team is pleased to announce the availability of Snort v2.4.4 and Snort v2.6 Beta (no you didn't blink and miss 2.5, it was an internal release only).
**Snort 2.4.4**The Snort 2.4.4 release fixes an issue where under certain conditions the frag3 preprocessor will not properly refragment stream data. Improvements have also been made to stream4 and a fix for Snort in inline mode was added. Numerous other improvements are detailed in the changlog for this release.
Note: This release is currently only available as a source tarball or from cvs. Sourcefire's build and QA systems are currently dedicated to the upcoming release of the Sourcefire 3D System v4.5. Moving forward we will be providing binaries for linux, win32 and OSX. In the meantime, if anyone in the community has the resources necessary to provide these sooner please let me know.
Release notes and the source tarball are available at http://www.snort.org/dl/.
**Snort 2.6 Beta**Snort 2.6 Beta is available for testing. Feedback concerning issues with Snort 2.6 Beta should be directed to snort-beta () sourcefire com. We do not recommend deploying this beta in a production environment.
Feature highlights: * Added Performance Profiling Measurements for rules & preprocessors. Enabled via --enable-perfprofiling at configuration time. * Added support for dynamically loadable preprocessors, detection engine and rules. Enabled via --enable-dynamicplugin at configuration time. * Addition of dynamically loadable SMTP preprocessor. Deprecates xlink2state minipreprocessor. * Addition of dynamically loadable FTP/Telnet preprocessor. Deprecates telnet_decode preprocessor. * Preprocessor configuration validation. Verifies a preprocessor configuration, when one preprocessor depends on another preprocessor being enabled (HttpInspect depends on Stream for example). Also handles 2 part configurations (Frag3 requires at least one policy/engine configuration). * Longname option support. * Stream API to simplify transition to next generation Stream module. Flowbits now stored as part of stream, updates to output plugins for logging of reassembled packets. Updates to other preprocessors to provide per stream state data. * Logging of Generator ID to MySQL database. Updated database schema to add this field. Requires update to BASE. To get a copy of the Snort 2.6 Beta testing, follow these instructions: # cvs -d:pserver:anonymous () cvs snort org:/cvsroot login # cvs -d:pserver:anonymous () cvs snort org:/cvsroot co SNORT_2_6 snort_2_6 # cd snort_2_6 # sh autojunk.sh # ./configure <options here, use -h to see all available options> # make # make install You should now have Snort 2.6 Beta installed and ready for use. Happy Snorting! Cheers, Jennifer -- Jennifer Steffens Director, Product Management - Snort Sourcefire, Inc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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