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Re: Downloading older versions of snort
From: Mike Cox <mike.cox52 () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:11:23 -0500
I have let this question sit out there for over two (2) years now: http://seclists.org/snort/2010/q1/104 Still, I see no clear way to get/download specific "older" versions of Snort. I know this would be very useful to many people and I can't understand why Snort, an allegedly "Open Source" product, would do this. Sure, I understand that there are major flaws in the current and latest releases of Snort but many manufactures (like my router/DPI solution) have frozen certain version and I would like to test against Snort (to see why performance/detection is so bad but this conversation is anecdotal). Other open source products such as Ubuntu -- http://releases.ubuntu.com/, Suricata -- http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/index.php/download-suricata (which is actually becoming a *very* attractive IDS/IPS alternative although my router has Snort so it isn't an option at this point but this is neither here nor there), etc. have older versions of their code out there for people to see/use. Is Snort/SourceFire afraid of their past "sins"? I understand that a lot of Snort code has serious security vulnerabilities and you don't want to perpetrate that but I believe that on an "older download" page you can express that and still allow for the download of applicable previous releases to competent persons who know what they are doing and what to "know" (and help, and improve and modify to be better). "Open" is always better (as in "Open Source). Serious past flaws in Snort can be learned from and the evolution of such a prolific IDS can also be fodder for understanding, innovation, and improvement. Sorry for the long winded response. All I want is to be able to download older versions of Snort. Please help me out (anyone), I have waited many years (literally). Thanks. -Mike Cox P.S. I am also copying the "Emerging Threats" list on this in case they can be of any help since 2+ years on the Snort list has not given me a satisfactory answer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Snort-sigs mailing list Snort-sigs () lists sourceforge net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-sigs http://www.snort.org Please visit http://blog.snort.org for the latest news about Snort!
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- Re: Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 09)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Joel Esler (Aug 09)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Joel Esler (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Joel Esler (Aug 10)
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- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Joel Esler (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 10)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Joel Esler (Aug 09)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Logan Anderson (Aug 12)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Downloading older versions of snort Mike Cox (Aug 10)