Re: SNORT (snortsam) integration with Checkpoint NGX R65

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Chiesa Stefano <Stefano.Chiesa () wki it> wrote:

> I know, Sourcefire has been bought by CP years ago and probably their
> new IDS is based on snort code...

This doesn't answer your question but, Sourcefire was NOT bought by Checkpoint.

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11382

Sourcefire is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ.

Checkpoint bought NFR Security, and Checkpoint's new IPS is based on (or is) NFR's code.

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Joel Esler
Senior Research Engineer, VRT
OpenSource Community Manager
Sourcefire

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