On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 03:57:45PM +0200, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Instead I provide signed backported packages on p.d.o which I will keep > 'semi up to date'. > > Before you object to this rather 'rude' bughandling, please keep in mind > that version 1.8.4 of snort, which is in stable, has 3 severe security > exploits, and is completely outdated in catching crooks (rulefiles) and > detection mechanisms. Not to speak of package stability ;) > > It's for the users best interrest that I tell them to use the new version. > > [2] deb http:///people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-stable-i386/ ./ ~ Typo.
I've upgraded to this version and it has required me to press y to replace modified conffiles in /etc/snort/rules/ about two dozen times, while I'm pretty sure I never touched any of them. That's an pretty impressive amount of annoyance you managed to cause there. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.