Re: sid-msg.map and the new .rules files

[Pratik Narang <pratik.cse.bits () gmail com>]

It is expected that the end-user will generate the sid-msg.map file at his
end...say using Pulled Pork.
I guess that file might be soon removed from future tar balls, or at least
that's what I remember being told by others (like Joel) on the list.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Kungu Panda <kungupanda () gmail com> wrote:

> Sorry for the confusion.  As surmised, I was asking about sid-msg.map.
> So, it is expected that the etc/sid-msg.,ap file provided in the VRT
> signature tarball is incomplete and does not include mappings for all of
> the snort signatures provided in the tarball ?
>
> KPanda
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com> wrote:
>
> > On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:33 PM, JJC <cummingsj () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > sid-msg.map or gen-msg.map? the subject indicates one, while the body
> > indicates the other.. that said sid-msg.map seems to make the most sense.
> >
> > Joel, correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that the expectation is that
> > users generate their own sid-msg.map going forward, this guarantees that
> > local.rules etc.. are included in said sid-msg.map.  PulledPork natively
> > does this, and Oinkmaster includes a contrib script that does this.
> >
> >
> > You are correct.
> >
> > --
> > *Joel Esler*
> > Senior Research Engineer, VRT
> > OpenSource Community Manager
> > Sourcefire
>
>
>
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