[companion-integrate] RTI - Snort update

[Marilyn Shoemaker]

approved

marilyn

Steve Christensen wrote:
> I would like to submit a RTI for an update of the Snort code to version 
> 2.6.1.3 on the Companion CD.  The webrev is at
> 
> http://companion.sunfreeware.com/downloads/snortwebrev/
> 
> The code reviewer for this change has been Paul Cunningham (details in 
> companion-discuss and in direct emails I can make available).
> 
> Details of the changes are:
> 
> The original Snort package was version 2.0.0 which was very old.  It and 
> some later versions had security vulnerabilities.  Version 2.6.1.3 
> corrects the known issues.
> 
> The only significant change made to the build was getting rid of Snort 
> rules from /opt/sfw/share/snort. Snort rules are constantly changing and 
> it makes no sense to ship rules with the package.  The README.SFWsnort 
> file states this and points to the location of snort rules that can be 
> downloaded.
> 
> At Paul's suggestion, I changed the Makefile.sfw to use the EXFILES.sfw
> file instead of what was done previously.  I added a METADATA file.
> 
> It builds cleanly on SPARC and x86 for Nevada 56.
> 
> Steve Christensen
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