Re: rules download for registered users

["Paul Schmehl" <pauls () utdallas edu>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Snort" <Snort () InterCept Net>
To: <Snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: [Snort-users] rules download for registered users


Is registering for oinkmaster the only way to download the VRT rules
snapshots via backend scripts and/or programs? I have a custom script
that used to download the rules once a day using the following URL, but
the new link for registered users is a .cgi script that verifies if you
are logged in as a registered user, which of course doesn't work for
backend scripts... I'm guess registering as a oink user is the way to
go?

/usr/bin/wget
http://www.snort.org/dl/rules/snortrules-snapshot-2_2.tar.gz
--directory-prefix=/usr/local/snort/rules

All you have to do is change your script like this:
/usr/bin/wget 
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/oinkmaster.cgi/{oinkcode}/snortrules-snapshot-2.2.tar.gz - 
-directory-prefix=/usr/local/snort/rules

You get the oinkcode from Sourcefire after you've registered.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ 



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