Re: [Emerging-Sigs] GPL rules - who maintains them? Nobody?

[Matthew Jonkman <jonkman () emergingthreatspro com>]

I just had a little tear of joy.... :)

ET/VRT aside, I'm biased there. But the snort/suricata thing, yes. I think that's a good way to put it. Snort is a 
great tool, but there's something new to try that can stretch its legs a bit further. 

Matt

On Mar 21, 2011, at 9:39 AM, L0rd Ch0de1m0rt wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Matthew Jonkman <jonkman () emergingthreatspro com> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Thoughts? This is the decision of the ET community, so please weigh in! I'm sure some will disagree and lambaste me 
> (Paul, where are ya?) but I want to hear it all. We'll decide what to do together.
>
> Matt
>
>
> Hello.
>
> Personally, after running the VRT ruleset for many years, I am disappointed with the quality of rules, frequency of 
> update, and the closed source of some of the rules.
>
> If you want my opinion, screw VRT, go with ET, and seriously, seriously consider a contengency plan to move to 
> suricata.  Don't get me wrong, I have *a lot* of respect for snort but it is time to move on.
>
> -L0rd C. 


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