Re: [Snort-Users] HELP_SNORT

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

2.8.5.2 is two? years old (more?).  How long do you need to plan an upgrade in all reality?

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On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:49 PM, JJ Cummings <cummingsj () gmail com> wrote:

> Beyond that, many upgrades can be adequately planned for, prepared and executed.  There are certainly remote cases 
> that are exclusive of this, but those tend to be few and far between.  
>
> Oh, and of course the starter of this thread asked how to upgrade, so he is clearly not in said category...
>
> Sent from the iRoad
>
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 17:42, Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com> wrote:
>
> > Older versions of Snort main contain detection bugs and crashes that current  versions of Snort will have fixed.  
> >
> > There's reasons we ask you to update. Not just because we are being mean. 
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:36 PM, waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 10/20/2011 14:09, Joel Esler wrote:
> > > > Snort 2.8.5.2 is very old at this point, please upgrade to 2.9.1.1
> > >
> > > while it may be old, it is still very viable for those who CANNOT upgrade to the 
> > > latest and greatest... other than sourcefire not producing updated rules for it, 
> > > of course :? :(
> > >
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