With the release of Snort 2.9.7.0, in accordance with our EOL policy, we've placed an EOL date on Snort version 2.9.5.6.
Please take a moment and review our EOL policy on our webpage, and review the 2.9.5.6 EOL date (January 21, 2015)
If there are any questions, please head on over to the Snort-users mailing list found on our Community Page.
