Ideal way to update the rules

[Anshuman Anil Deshmukh <anshuman () cybage com>]

Hi,



I have a couple of questions regarding updating the rules automatically and then sending a HUP signal to barnyard and 
Snort after every time we update the rules.



We intend to use so rules. I understand that the HUP signal cannot be sent when downloading and processing the so 
rules, then the only option left is to stop Barnyard  & Snort completely. In our case we would be having snort working 
as inline and hence don't recommend reinitializing the snort completely as it would break the network connection (our 
DAQ is AFPACKET)



Questions:

1.       How regularly are so_rules released and how should they updated (daily/weekly/any other option)?

2.       How could one keep the so rules as well text based rules updated with pulledpork? Do we need to have different 
schedules for updating so_rules and text based rules? If yes, is it like we need to have separate configuration files 
one for text based rules and and other for so_rules ?



We are using Snort version 2.9.6.1 and pulledpork version 0.70





Regards,

Anshuman



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