Re: The size of Snort rules download file

[Joel Esler <eslerj () gmail com>]

Ian,

The Snort rules now include precompiled SO rules.  For several
different distros and OS'es.  This is why the size of the packages
have increased.

Joel

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Ian Masters <ian () acces co jp> wrote:
> Sorry for the historical question but can anyone tell me why the size of
> the Snort rules download files changed from 1.7MB for Snort 2.3 to a
> whopping 67MB for Snort 2.8?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Ian

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