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Snort 2.8.5 is now available

Snort 2.8.5 is now available on snort.org, at http://www.snort.org/downloads/

Snort 2.8.5 introduces:

  • Ability to specify multiple configurations (snort.conf and everything it includes), bound either by Vlan ID or IP Address. This allows you to run one instance of Snort with multiple snort.conf files, rather than having separate processes. See README.multipleconfigs for details.
  • Continued inspection of traffic while reloading a configuration. Add —enable-reload option to your configure script prior to building. See README.reload for details.
  • Rate Based Attack Prevention for Connection Attempts, Concurrent Connections, and improved rule/event filtering. See README.filters for details.
  • SSH preprocessor
  • Performance improvements in various places

Please see the Release Notes and ChangeLog for more details.

Please submit bugs, questions, and feedback to bugs@snort.org.

Happy Snorting!
The Snort Release Team