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Compiling Snort Rules

Posted by timothy on from the sniffle dept.

Sergei Egorov writes "Good people at Fidelis Security Systems developed SNORTRAN, an optimizing compiler for Snort rules. By combining several compilation techniques, SNORTRAN is able to translate a set of Snort rules into a high-performance intrusion detection engine. SNORTRAN-generated engines are 4 to 6 times faster than Snort's own detection engine; this translates into 3 to 5 overall speedup factor for a complete Snort system (benchmarks are here)."

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  1. Snort ? by mystran · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whatta heck is snort anyway ?

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