Re: Using detection_filter instead of threshold

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Matthew Jonkman <jonkman () emergingthreatspro com> wrote:

> Can we see where this is going on the dev roadmap? When will threshold go away?

Maybe a Dev can answer this, but as far as I know there aren't any plans to remove it yet. 


> How can we keep it? Can we get event_filter and such allowed within the rule itself if threshold is going away?
>
> And why'd we change anyway?

The new event_filter allows rate_filter. This allows rate based attack detection and auto blocking. 
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