Re: Suricata 0.9.2 RC3 Released

["Randal T. Rioux" <randy () procyonlabs com>]

On 06/18/2010 03:34 PM, Matt Jonkman wrote:
> On 6/18/10 2:25 PM, Randal T. Rioux wrote:
> > As much as I enjoy the (unnecessary and redundant (pardon the political
> > jab)) Dept. of Homeland Security money hemorrhaging machine reinventing
> > the wheel, I question whether advertising on the Snort owned lists is
> > appropriate. I don't believe I've seen Sourcefire sending out their
> > announcements on the ET/OISF or on other competing product venues.
>
> Hey Randal. We're not competing. We announce here because we were asked
> to, and because we have a reciprocal agreement with SF, they announce on
> our lists.

Randal, one L. Fixed it ;-)

"Competing" was the wrong word. In fact, I can't even think of the right 
word. Consider that moot.

I wasn't aware you had a reciprocal agreement with SF.

> It's just a release announcement for a complimentary tool. Not
> advertisement. It's all free software!

Word.

> > Matt, much love to you - ET rocks and I'm sure Suricata will turn out to
> > be very cool stuff. Just try not to irritate those that paved the way
> > and those who may not be interested. Unfortunately, mailing lists don't
> > offer an "opt-out" option for advertisements. Which is why most mailing
> > lists ban advertisements :-)
> I love you too man!  :)
>
> But again, it's not advertising. And it's far less than once a month.
> Every other tool in the ids field puts release announcements up without
> issue. Why do you see us as different? It's gpl. It's IDS. It's snort
> syntax. :)

No, myself and others with similar ornery dispositions have given crap 
to others in the past as well. Don't feel targeted!

Randy

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