Re: Snort 2.9.0.1 Now Available

[L0rd Ch0de1m0rt <l0rdch0de1m0rt () gmail com>]

I guess I'm confused here ... I thought "support" for Snort was
current version and current version minus 1.  What you say says
"support" is current version and current version minus zero.  When did
this happen?

-L0rd C.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Steven Sturges
<steve.sturges () sourcefire com> wrote:
> There was an issue in that HTTP inspect wasn't correctly handling
> raw vs. stream reassembled packets when looking at HTTP response
> data.  This fix is included in 2901 -- refer to ChangeLog (changes
> to hi_client.c/hi_server.c).
>
> As to the support of 2.8.6, with the release of 2.9.0, 2.8.6.x
> is no longer supported.  When there is a new "3 digit" release no
> further patches are made to the previous version of Snort.
>
> On 11/1/2010 1:05 PM, L0rd Ch0de1m0rt wrote:
> > Hello. Does this release fix the issue where the HTTP pre-processor
> > wasn't properly examining reassembled data across fragmented packets?
> > (I don't know the exact cause of the bug - maybe it was the other way
> > around and Stream5 wasn't properly doing the reassebly.)  It was
> > announced that there would be a patch for that issue, just want to see
> > if this is it.  If so, when can we expect the 2.8.6.1 patch be
> > released?  2.8.6.1 is still supported, right?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -L0rd C.
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Snort Releases <snortreleases () snort org> wrote:
> > > Snort 2.9.0.1 is now available on snort.org, at
> > > http://www.snort.org/snort-downloads/.
> > >
> > > 2.9.0 RC & later packages are signed with a new PGP key
> > > (that is signed with the previous key).
> > >
> > > Snort 2.9.0.1 addresses the following:
> > >
> > >  * Fixed maximum flowbits configuration parsing to specify the number
> > >    of bits in accordance with the Snort manual, rather than number of
> > >    bytes.  If you have 'config flowbits_size' in your snort.conf,
> > >    double check that it has the correct setting.
> > >
> > >  * Fixed a packet size issue with the IPQ and NFQ DAQs.
> > >
> > >  * Fixed issue with Stream5 overlap limit processing.
> > >
> > >  * Updated the version of LibPCRE bundled with the Windows installer.
> > >    This update fixes a bug that caused some PCRE matches to fail
> > >    on Windows.
> > >
> > > Please see the Release Notes and ChangeLog for more details.
> > >
> > > Please submit bugs, questions, and feedback to snort-beta () sourcefire com.
> > >
> > > Happy Snorting!
> > > The Snort Release Team
> > >
> > >
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