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Re: Any update about Snort and any alternative solution
From: Jon Gucinski <gucinski () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:43:44 -0500
As of now, Check Point's official stance is that all existing Check Point and Sourcefire products will be supported after the acquisition is complete, including Snort. They also have stated that they "remain committed to the open-source community". They have not told us employees anything different and it is very unlikely that any information regarding any actions will be released prior to the closure of the deal in Q1 2006. The company website that will distribute all information regarding the acquisition is at www.checkpoint.com/sourcefire. I should point out that after our Zone Labs purchase, we did keep the free version of ZoneAlarm updated and available so there is some precedent to reinforce the earlier statements. -Jon Gucinski, Security Analyst -Check Point Software Technologies On 10/27/05, Christopher Jacob <chris () jacob-solutions com> wrote:
ricci wrote:Hello All, Do you have any news or update on the future of Snort? Checkpoint has purchased Sourcefire, do you have any news whether they will discontinue the support of snort?Check out the link which is a message from Marty Roesch. The 2nd paragraph addresses your question. Although I will point out that being Open Source, Snort is supported not only by Sourcefire but by the community as a whole. http://www.snort.org/about_snort/msg_from_marty/mr_100605.html ~chrisOther than that, is there any other alternative on Network IDS? Is there any other available version of Snort with signature update? Please advise. Ricci
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