Re: Worth upgrading from 2.8.5.2 to 2.8.5.3?

[Matt Olney <molney () sourcefire com>]

At this point I'd say wait for 2.8.6.

Matt

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Andy Berryman <aberryman () cymtec com> wrote:

>  Is it worth the upgrade from 2.8.5.2 to 2.8.5.3? Only thing I see in the
> README on snort.org is:
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>
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> "2010-02-12 - Snort 2.8.5.3
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> [*] Improvements
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>    * General code improvements and clean up in the rpc
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>      preprocessor related to the processing of Sun rpc data.
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>
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>    * Fixed an issue where, under particular conditions, a reload
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>      of the Snort configuration file without a restart would
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>      cause Snort to stop responding."
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> Doesn't seem like it's worth it if you aren't using the RPC or reloading of
> the config file.
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> Thanks,
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> Andy Berryman
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