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how to get the source code ( in c) of snort


Posted by andrewtky on November 13, 2005 03:16:32

I would like to understand more snort's logic flow , as i want to in deeper of IDS and hope I could be one of IDS's developer

How can i get the source?

I visited CVS before but just found some updates.

Pls give me guideline
Regards

Posted by leoneo on November 28, 2005 16:15:48

What password should I use.

Posted by leoneo on November 28, 2005 16:17:02

Also!!
I am trying to implemet a worm detection plugin in snort,
I was not able to figure out the main function , ie from where the control flow starts....
Please help.

thanks
Leo

Posted by brevizniak on December 03, 2005 10:08:06

Use Anonymous CVS to check out the code or download a src tarball from the download section.

you can find main in src/snort.c

information in the development section of the docs page will likely be useful. Check out the Kickstart info for sure.

http://www.snort.org/docs/#devel

Posted by in on January 04, 2006 20:36:35

how can i check the memory requirement of the pattern matching module attached

Posted by sfjennifer on June 05, 2006 07:43:47

Instructions for checking the source out of CVS are available here - http://www.snort.org/got_source/source.html

Cheers,
Jennifer