Re: Snort 2.4 Released!

[Sam Evans <wintrmte () gmail com>]

Jennifer,
 Would you mind posting to the list, the change log / new features in this 
version?

Thanks,
Sam


 On 7/28/05, Jennifer Steffens <jennifer.steffens () sourcefire com> wrote: 
> Hey Everyone,
>
> Snort v2.4 is now officially available. This release includes a number
> of new features, fixes and performance enhancements, including the Frag3
> preprocessor (a target-based IP defragmentation module) and an
> "ftpbounce" rule detection plugin.
>
> With this release, rules are no longer distributed as part of the Snort
> releases, they are available as a separate download from snort.org<http://snort.org>. 
> This
> was done for three reasons:
>
> 1. To better manage the new rules licensing
> 2. To reduce the size of the engine download
> 3. To move the thousands of documentation files for the rules into the
> rules tarballs. If you've ever checked Snort out of CVS you'll know why
> this is a Good Thing
>
> Snort tarballs and RPMs as well as detailed set of release notes are
> available at http://www.snort.org/dl.
>
> If you have any feedback, let us know - snort-team () sourcefire com.
>
> Happy Snorting!
>
> Cheers,
> Jennifer
>
>
> --
> Jennifer Steffens
> Director, Product Management - Snort
> Sourcefire, Inc
>
>
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