Snort 2.9.6.1 is now available on snort.org, at
https://www.snort.org/downloads in the Development section.
Snort 2.9.6.1 includes changes for the following:
2014-04-22 - Snort 2.9.6.1
[*] Improvements
* Added a control command to dump all packets matching a BPF to a pcap
file for capturing specific traffic for further analysis.
* Address issue for encoded packets and icmp header length determination.
* Provide more detailed error output for parsing of invalid rules when
byte_test, byte_check, content, and isdataat use a byte_extract value.
* Updated sensitive data to better address partial matches between packets.
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