The sample config file comes predefined with the new settings for
snort.org downloads, which will change in June 2010.
BE SURE to read through the master pulledpork.conf file thoroughly,
as there are many changes as of snort 2.8.6.0 that WILL affect you,
even if you are NOT yet running 2.8.6.0!
Features:
* Flowbit tracking!
* capability to specify base ruleset (see README.RULESETS) in master
pulledpork.conf file.
* Handle preprocessor and sensitive-information rulesets
* Ability to define sid ranges in any of the sid modification .conf files
* Ability to specify references in any of the sid modification .conf files
* Ability to ignore entire rule categories (i.e. not include them)
* Specify locally stored rules files that need their meta data included
in sid-msg.map
* Ability to specify your arch for so_rules
* Rules are written to only two distinct files
* Support metadata based VRT recommended rulesets
* Maintain an optional rule changelog
* Support for setting rules to Drop
* Support for multi-line rules
* Rule modification, i.e. disabling of specific rules within rule sets
* Outputs changes in rules files if any rules have been added / modified
* Compares new rules files with current rule sets
* Automated retrieval of certain variables (Distro, Snort Version.. etc)
* Downloads latest rules file
* Verifies MD5 of local rules file
* If MD5 has not changed from snort.org.. doesn't fetch files again
* handle both rules and so_rules
* Capability to generate stub files
WWW: http://code.google.com/p/pulledpork/
PR: ports/146239
Submitted by: Olli Hauer
