Re: Automatic Snort Ruleset Updates through Scripting

["Randal T. Rioux" <randy () procyonlabs com>]

0. Top posting releases demons into email threads. But my diatribe gets old.

1. Who handles the Oinkcodes? BTW, I've never used Oinkmaster, which 
leads me to this question: What the hell is an Oinkcode?

2. <blank stare, looks to left, switch to right>

Randy

PS Just noticed Watchinski is on my neighborhood board - Long Reach 
represent! (I thought that name looked familiar so I went through my 
stack of mail :-)


On 06/27/2010 09:43 PM, JJ Cummings wrote:
> 1. Oinkmaster is neither provided nor maintained by Sourcefire.
>
> 2. What if I want to use so rules?
>
> Sent from the iRoad
>
> On Jun 27, 2010, at 17:28, David Gullett <dgullett () symmetrixtech com
> <mailto:dgullett () symmetrixtech com>> wrote:
>
> > For beginners to the world of Snort, we've published a new guide today
> > that builds on our previous Snort setup documents. It describes a
> > method to automatically update the Snort 2.8.6 rulesets using
> > Oinkmaster and to also update the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating system
> > using Aptitude - both through a bash script.
> >
> > And hey, you don't have to register to download. The information is
> > available at this URL which provides a direct link to the article I've
> > just described and the direct link to the most recent Snort setup
> > guide:
> > <http://www.symmetrixtech.com/articles/007-updatingsnortandubuntu.html>http://www.symmetrixtech.com/articles/007-updatingsnortandubuntu.html
> >
> > Feel free to comment on our poor bash scripting skills...

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