Re: Uninstalling Snort

[Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com>]

I would recommend installing libcap, daq and snort from source. Its not
difficult and most of it can be scripted so you get the same install on all
boxes.
On Nov 15, 2012 2:06 PM, "k vijay sai prashanth" <
vijaysaiprashanth () gmail com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I was using snort version 2.8.6 and RHEL 5. I've read that 2.8.6 is
> obsolete and that 2.9.3.1 requires libpcap 1.0 or higher for which rpm is
> not availabe for RHEL 5. I am planning to upgrade to RHEL 6. Is that the
> only solution? I have 4 servers across different locations and upgrading to
> RHEL 6 is going to be a lot of effort. Please advise. Is there a simple way
> to upgrade RHEL to RHEL 6 or keep the RHEL installation and upgrade only
> snort to Snort 2.9.3.1.
>
> For now I am looking to delete the whole database of snort, snort logs,
> and all the files created for snort. How can I do this?
>
> Regards,
> Prashanth
> Information Security Analyst
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:30 AM, k vijay sai prashanth <
> vijaysaiprashanth () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I was using snort version 2.8.6 and RHEL 5. I've read that 2.8.6 is
> > obsolete and that 2.9.3.1 requires libpcap 1.0 or higher for which rpm is
> > not availabe. I am planning to upgrade to RHEL 6. Is that the only
> > solution? I have 4 servers across different locations and upgrading to RHEL
> > 6 is going to be a lot of effort. Please advise. Is there a simple way to
> > upgrade or keep the installation and upgrade snort.
> >
> > For now I am looking to delete the whole database or snort, snort logs,
> > and all the files created for snort. How can I do this?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Prashanth
> > Information Security Analyst
>
>
>
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