Re: Why so many default disabled rules?

[Y M <snort () outlook com>]

I have sent this before and here it is again:
 
http://blog.snort.org/2013/10/snort-vrt-default-ruleset-rebalancing.html
 
Ultimately, the rules should be tailored/customized based on your network, systems, and whatever you are trying to 
protect. Not the VRT nor anyone except YOU would know what rules should be enabled, because these are applied to your 
environment and not just blindly enabled for everybody. For example, I do not worry about SCADA rules, so I do not want 
them enable by default, but if becomes of my interest, I can go ahead and enable it because a new SCADA device may have 
been introduced to the network.
 
Hope this helps.
YM
 
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:51:01 +0800
From: teo.en.ming () gmail com
To: kkurzawa () co pinellas fl us
CC: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Why so many default disabled rules?

Dear Kevin,

I have raised the same question before.

Teo En Ming


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Kurzawa, Kevin <kkurzawa () co pinellas fl us> wrote:

I am curious as to why the Snort rules ship with so many of them disabled/commented out by default.
 It seems the default set is ~4,000. But if using the option to enable /all/ rules in Oinkmaster it comes out with 
~20,000. I get Registered User Release rules, not the Subscriber Release rules.
 
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