Module Name:	pkgsrc
Committed By:	agc
Date:		Mon Mar 20 12:03:47 UTC 2000

Modified Files:
	pkgsrc/net/snort: Makefile
	pkgsrc/net/snort/files: md5 patch-sum
Removed Files:
	pkgsrc/net/snort/patches: patch-aa

Log Message:
Upgrade snort to version 1.6. Changes since version 1.5.1 include:

New features:
* Token Ring and FDDI decoder support
* Snort ported to Tru64/Alpha, IRIX 6.X, and AIX
* Output plugins added (modular output system)
* John Wilson greatly improved the speed of the content pattern matcher
* Added FlexResp (active response) plugin from Christian Lademann
* Snort man page now ships with the distribution
* Snort now generates a PID file for easier integration with scripting
* Added support for "stealthed" network interfaces

New command line switches:
* -q => quiet mode (no stdout printing)
* -C => print payload ASCII content only
* -P => set explicit snaplen for packet collection

Plugins:
* Added Postgres SQL DB logging output module from Jed Pickel
* Added portscan detection plugin from Patrick Mullen
* HTTP decode preprocessor largely rewritten and much more accurate
* Minfrag rule moved to preprocessor module
* Added ICMP ECHO ID check plugin
* Added ICMP ECHO sequence check plugin
* Added RPC analysis plugin from Mark Hindess
* Added IP option analysis plugin
* Added nocase plugin (makes content rules work with case insensitivity)
* Added syslog output module with user definable syslog facility
* Added tcpdump output module

(and building without patches on Solaris).


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.4 -r1.5 pkgsrc/net/snort/Makefile
cvs rdiff -r1.3 -r1.4 pkgsrc/net/snort/files/md5
cvs rdiff -r1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/net/snort/files/patch-sum
cvs rdiff -r1.1 -r0 pkgsrc/net/snort/patches/patch-aa

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