Security Basics: Re: snort updates and changes to snort.conf

["Michael Boman" <michael.boman () gmail com>]

The tool you are looking for is called Oinkmaster
(http://oinkmaster.sourceforge.net/)

Best regards
Michael Boman

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:07 AM, newsecurityguy <JBASKEW () uncg edu> wrote:
> I know this is not really the place for this question but I have had no luck
> elsewhere. Currently, snort is set to update to the newest rule set on a
> daily basis, which is what I want. However, I also need to suppress some
> SIDS, which I have always done by editing the snort.conf file. When the
> updates occur, it appears as if snort.conf is overwritten with a new
> version, as the changes I make to the file do not last more than 24 hours
> before disappearing out of the snort.conf. Am I correct in assuming this is
> what is occurring? Is there any other way to easily suppress events without
> having to edit the file after each update?
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