[Oisf-users] Suricata rules server change

[Francis Trudeau]

All,

The changes have been made to the rules servers.  Please let us know if you
encounter any problems.

Thanks,

Francis




On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:31 AM, Francis Trudeau <
ftrudeau at emergingthreats.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> Emerging Threats / Proofpoint will be making a change to our rules
> download servers regarding Suricata versions.  This change will happen
> after 8PM Eastern, on Sunday, 2016/04/03.  This will affect OPEN and PRO
> rulesets.
>
> Currently, the link below will download Suricata rules designed for older
> versions of Suricata (1.0  through 1.2.x):
>
> https://rules.emergingthreats.net/open/suricata/
> https://rules.emergingthreatspro.com/oinkcode/suricata/
>
> Those links will direct to suricata-1.3 rules after this change.
>
> After this change, to access the older Suricata signatures, they will be
> here:
>
> https://rules.emergingthreats.net/open/suricata-1.0/
> https://rules.emergingthreatspro.com/oinkcode/suricata-1.0/
>
> One reason for this change is that most people run newer versions of
> Suricata, and are not aware they are downloading the incorrect rules for
> Suricata 1.3 - 3.x.
>
> The second reason for this change is we plan on sun-setting the older
> Suricata rules in the future.
>
> Please don't hesitate to ask any questions.  Please keep questions on list
> if possible.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Francis
>
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