Got Source?

The source can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instructions.

For SNORT 2.8.1 (STABLE)
	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.snort.org:/cvsroot login
	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.snort.org:/cvsroot co -r SNORT_v2_8_1 snort
For SNORT 2.8.2 (RELEASE CANDIDATE)
   cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.snort.org:/cvsroot login
   cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.snort.org:/cvsroot co -r SNORT_v2_8_2-RC snort

NOTE:

    To update the source code from an already checked out directory:
    • cd into top level source tree
    • type 'cvs up'

    To compile CVS code, execute commands:

    • sh ./autojunk
    • ./configure <configure options here>
    • make