Re: rules downloads and

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Tuesday, September 19, 2006 06:29:55 -0700 SN ORT 
<snort_on_acid () yahoo com> wrote:

> I tell ya personally I wouldn't be relying on anything
> too heavily when it involves FREE software/services. I
> would always expect the worse to happen and be
> prepared for it. Snort can drop the product at the
> drop of a hat and wouldn't be any worse off for it. I
> bet they've been planning for years as to how they're
> going to do just that. So far, it looks like a very
> slow and gradual move from free software to paid.
>
> I leave the real protections of our networks to
> devices and services we pay for.
I thought of all sorts of nasty retorts, but I'll refrain from insulting 
you and simply say, you couldn't possibly be more wrong.  And I say this as 
someone who knows Marty Roesch as well as his philosophy personally and 
uses both the free snort product *and* the commercial RNA product.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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