Re: [Snort-sigs] Snort 2.8.6.1 EOL Reminder

[L0rd Ch0de1m0rt <l0rdch0de1m0rt () gmail com>]

Thanks for the reminder, Joel.  Those who can't upgrade to a newer or
newest version of Snort, or wish to use a different ruleset alongside,
or instead of the VRT set, should definitely check out Emerging
Threats Pro -- http://www.emergingthreatspro.com/.  The Emerging
Threats Open rules are free and updated almost daily to respond to the
latest threats and I have found them to be quite effective, timely,
and properly QAed.  There are also some you can pay for as well
(cheaper than VRT I think); see
http://www.emergingthreatspro.com/products/ for details.

Emerging Threats Open/Pro supports rules for Snort 2.4.0 up to the
current version, as well as rules optimised for Suricata
(http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/index.php/download-suricata).
Personally, I like https://rules.emergingthreatspro.com/open-nogpl/.

That said, if you are still running an older version of Snort, I
highly encourage you to update since there are a lot of new and
extremely helpful features in newer versions that allow for more
accurate and efficient rules.

Cheers,

-L0rd Ch0de1m0rt

On 11/28/11, Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com> wrote:
> As a reminder, today's rule release marks the last rule release for Snort
> 2.8.6.1:
>
> http://blog.snort.org/2011/11/vrt-rule-update-for-11282011.html
>
> Please upgrade to the current version of Snort (2.9.1.2) available at
> http://www.snort.org/snort-downloads
>
> Our EOL policy and dates of EOL for Snort versions can be found here:
>
> http://www.snort.org/vrt/rules/eol_policy
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Joel Esler
> Senior Research Engineer, VRT
> OpenSource Community Manager
> Sourcefire

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