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Re: Snort-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 26
From: SN ORT <snort_on_acid () yahoo com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:22:14 -0700 (PDT)
------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:16:35 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] rules downloads and To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Message-ID: <3D5B79B7FE11DE3821769F94 () utd59514 utdallas edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" --On Tuesday, September 19, 2006 06:29:55 -0700 SN ORT <snort_on_acid () yahoo com> wrote:
I tell ya personally I wouldn't be relying on
anything
too heavily when it involves FREE software/services.
I
would always expect the worse to happen and be prepared for it. Snort can drop the product at the drop of a hat and wouldn't be any worse off for it.
I
bet they've been planning for years as to how
they're
going to do just that. So far, it looks like a very slow and gradual move from free software to paid. I leave the real protections of our networks to devices and services we pay for.
I thought of all sorts of nasty retorts, but I'll refrain from insulting you and simply say, you couldn't possibly be more wrong. And I say this as someone who knows Marty Roesch as well as his philosophy personally and uses both the free snort product *and* the commercial RNA product. Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ -------------- next part -------------- Oh well, since you know Marty so well, you're like close friends now, maybe you can explain why people now have to pay for the latest sigs? What philosophy does this follow again? I'm not faulting people for trying to make a buck, I'm just saying it's a bit foolish to rely soley on a free product to protect your network and expect it to remain free and last forever. Open source is a Godsend, but let's be realistic: another reason to make a great open-source product is to build confidence, reputation, and then start making the big $$$$$! This is a natural progression of things, and sooner or later programmers have to make money. Cheese, Marc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ 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
Current thread:
- Re: Snort-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 26 SN ORT (Sep 19)
- Re: Snort-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 26 Paul Schmehl (Sep 19)
- Re: rules downloads and Matt Kettler (Sep 19)