Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Snort 2.9.5.3 is now available!

Snort 2.9.5.3 is now available on snort.org, at https://www.snort.org/downloads in the Latest Release section.

2013-07-30 - Snort 2.9.5.3

[*] Improvements
* Performance improvements to eliminate some unnecessary work, reduction
of sizes of data structures, and cleanup of processing for HTTP
normalized buffers.


* Cap the number of expected connections (eg FTP data channel) to
prevent memory growth


* Address issue with reloading reputation lookup tables when more
addresses are added.


* Address issue with potential hang during shutdown of control socket
config reload processing thread.


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