Re: v2.8.4 incorrect logging to MySQL

[Loyal A Moses <loyalmoses () mac com>]

As I just said in an earlier mailing list response, it is open source  
until version 3.

This is my original line of comments on the NEW direction Sourcefire  
was taking.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/snort/2007-07/0047.html

The product itself is not at all the debate. Snort as a product is  
great, and I believe that Marty has done an excellent job developing  
the majority of what is quite obviously the worlds most widely used  
intrusion detection system.

The argument on direction is one of open source vs. commercially  
owned. We've seen this a dozen or more times over.

A little story...

Jack is an open source buff who believes in free software for the  
world, so he builds and releases it GPL or equivalent. Then one day,  
he needs to feed his family from his open source fame, but doesn't  
have the rights to the software as he wants, because it was released  
open source and there are hundreds of contributors to the success of  
the application. So a simple little plan is hatched to slowly and ever  
so slightly change the licensing and take ownership of contributions  
and limit the use of these components, then create an all new version  
X that apparently is 100% written from the ground up with absolutely  
zero contributed code. Hmmmm...

If you don't quite understand the little story, do read some of the  
older snort mailing list entries to get a feel for how every signature  
contributed or otherwise is now licensed by Sourcefire.

As I said, they are going to do what they are going to do.

On Apr 14, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote:

> Sourcefire develops and provides snort, to the community, for free.   
> They do *not* develop ancilliary apps for free.  If you want a  
> coordinated, polished interface, you buy Sourcefire (as we have.)   
> If you want an open source build-your-own IDS, you install snort  
> *plus* whatever additional pieces you want.  It isn't Sourcefire's  
> responsibility to develop ancilliary tools for snort, although they  
> do some work in that area and encourage others to do it as well.
>
> As to your "we've seen it before" comment, I think you have to look  
> at the performance of Sourcefire since the company was established.   
> You would have to admit, then, that Marty has managed to sustain his  
> goal of continuous development of the open source product alongside  
> the proprietary one with a minimum of disruptions.  The only change  
> has been in the timing of rules releases, and that is a small price  
> to pay for such an accomplished product. Those rules are written by  
> Sourcefire engineers to serve their customers and provided to the  
> community free of charge, with a slight delay.
>
> I think that is commendable, and I thank Marty for his contributions  
> to the open source community and his sterling example of how to  
> maintain open source products while creating a commercially viable  
> company.
>
> Besides, you can always write your own rules or use emerging threats  
> and other sources for rules.
>
> As to whether it's smart to discuss development on a public list,  
> their source code is freely available.  It's kind of hard to hide  
> the direction of their development.
>
> --On Tuesday, April 14, 2009 14:35:33 -0500 Loyal A Moses <loyalmoses () mac com 
> > wrote:
>
> > Is Sourcefire limited on development skill or man power?
> >
> > It makes no sense at all to remove one of the most common facilities
> > in use by snort users because it is "too complex".
> >
> > In the end, you'll do what you are going to do regardless of the
> > community -- we've seen it before. But don't use "complexity" and
> > "bugs" as the excuse.
> >
> > Sourcefire is a publicly traded company -- Is it smart to be taking
> > votes on product development from a mailing list? I wouldn't think  
> > so.
> >
> > Loyal.
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Jason Brvenik wrote:
> >
> > > I have an ulterior motive and it is simple.
> > >
> > > Many of the bugs and issues over time with snort have been in output
> > > plugins. Make one well supported, tested, unified method designed  
> > > for
> > > best performance and while doing so it improves the supportability  
> > > and
> > > maintainability of the code base.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Loyal A Moses <loyalmoses () mac com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > My vote is to provide as many output options as possible, to help
> > > > keep
> > > > snort used as a tool.
> > > >
> > > > The argument of code complexity being a good reason to remove  
> > > > output
> > > > facilities is only valid if the code is written poorly and not
> > > > modular. This wheel doesn't need re-invented and this  
> > > > conversation is
> > > > kind of silly, unless there is ulterior motives for actually  
> > > > wanting
> > > > to remove this support.
> > > >
> > > > Loyal.
> > > >
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