Re: Cisco Sourcefire

[Y M <snort () outlook com>]

> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:22:47 -0400
> From: wkitty42 () windstream net
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Cisco Sourcefire
>
> On 7/23/2013 12:02, Y M wrote:
> > What happens also to rules release, community contributions, Barnyard, PulledPork?
>
> unless i'm mistaken, barnyard and pulledpork are independent projects and will 
> not be effected by this...
Yes, that's my understanding too, but that's also what makes me wonder. I believe/hope as long as the open-source Snort 
project is maintained then they will be maintained too. The question is how this will affect Snort deployments as well 
as the current commercial offerings and their inner workings. Cisco's gear is no cheap, specially their current IPS 
offerings and how this will affect management/purchasing decisions.  
A sample scenario would be a company that maintained an open-source deployment of Snort for a couple of years and was 
in the process of purchasing Sourcefire's commercial appliances. How would this affect the decision technically and 
financial given the steep cost of Cisco's gear.
On the bright side, I can see the benefits of integrating Snort into, say Cisco's ASAs. In that case you will be 
working with something familiar and will have confidence, if management decides to go with Cisco IPS after the 
integration is done. Still, there will be a learning curve though.
Another thing is the Snort (SnortCP) and Sourcefire certifications and certification holders. Are these certifications 
deprecated already?
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