Re: Why does a distribution include both dynamic rules *.rules files

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:03 AM, mulhern <mulhern () gmail com> wrote:

> Do they interact or are they completely separate?

Shared Object rules are a different type of rule.  They detect things that cannot be written in the plaintext Snort 
rule language, much more complex functionality is found there.

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Joel Esler
Senior Research Engineer, VRT
OpenSource Community Manager
Sourcefire

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