Re: Snort & Pulled Pork questions

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

The next major version of Snort. 2.9.3.

Snort 2.9.2.3 can use 2.9.2.2 rules


J

On May 17, 2012, at 12:22 PM, "Weir, Jason" <jason.weir () nhrs org> wrote:

> Thanks Joel any ETA?
>  
> Jason
>  
> From: Joel Esler [mailto:jesler () sourcefire com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:36 AM
> To: Weir, Jason
> Cc: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort & Pulled Pork questions
>  
> What we are going to start doing is releasing a version of the Shared Object rules for the new version so people can 
> upgrade right away.  The text rules will always work.
>  
> J
>  
> On May 17, 2012, at 9:20 AM, "Weir, Jason" <jason.weir () nhrs org> wrote:
>
>
> Working on updating to the latest version of snort (2.9.2.3) and using pulledpork (0.6.1).
>  
> For those of us that are not paying subscribers of the VRT rule set updating to the latest issue within the first 30 
> days causes issues..
>  
> I updated from 2.9.2.2 to 2.9.2.3 yesterday, when pulled pork runs it detects the snort version and attempts to 
> download the correct rule set, well for me there is no rule set and won’t be for 30 days..
>  
> Now I can manually set the snort version to 2.9.2.2 in pulledpork.conf as long as 2.9.2.2 rules are compatible with 
> 2.9.2.3 (which Joel indicated they are.  This time..).
>  
> What happens when a change is made that make the older rules not compatible?
>  
> Are my choices to (1) not upgrade to the latest snort version for 30 days, until “free” rules are available, or (2) 
> purchase a rule subscription?
>  
> Thanks,
> Jason
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