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List:       snort-devel
Subject:    Re: [Snort-devel] snort 2.4.0 (rpm) where are the rules?
From:       Jason Brvenik <jasonb () sourcefire ! com>
Date:       2005-08-09 17:27:55
Message-ID: 42F8E79B.20109 () sourcefire ! com
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/Download/Snort/snort-2.4.0 $ more RELEASE.NOTES
2005-07-22 - Snort 2.4.0 Released

[*] Distribution Change
     * Rules are no longer distributed as part of the Snort releases, 
they are available as a separate download from snort.org.  This was done 
for  three reasons:
         1) To better manage the new rules licensing.
         2) To reduce the size of the engine download.
         3) To move the thousands of documentation files for the rules 
into the rules tarballs.  If you've ever checked Snort out of CVS you'll 
know why this is a Good Thing.

Rules are @

http://www.snort.org/rules/

Martin Muench wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I installed snort-2.4.0-1.C3.i386.rpm on a fedora core 4 machine.
> When I started snort he wasn't able to open the rules in /etc/snort/rules
> 
> I looked in the directory, it was empty.
> Then I installed the source rpm and took a look in the SOURCES of the rpm. 
> And there are no rules in the etc directory. In fact there is not even a
> rules directory.
> 
> In the SPEC file I find this line:
> 
> # %_install -p -m 0644 rules/*.rules $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{SnortRulesDir}
> 
> Well, it is commented out, but where can I find the rules now ???
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
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