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Snort 1.8 ships

Snort 1.8 is the next iteration of the IDS engine. The improvements are substantive, particularly around stream reassembly and rule expressiveness.

Snort 1.7 ships

Snort 1.7 has been released as stable. Three months of using the beta on my own sensor has given me confidence to deploy. A short note on the upgrade and on what is now operationally feasible.