Free Network Intrusion Detection & Prevention System for Windows PC

Snort 2.9.9.0

November, 7th 2016 - 3.64 MB - Open Source

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Snort 3.1.84
Operating System

Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
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Author / Product

Cisco Systems, Inc. / External Link
Filename

Snort_2_9_9_0_Installer.exe
MD5 Checksum

5c9f356987684963026e3e25ef80d0f0

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Snort 2.9.9.0.

For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Snort or reading our review, simply click here.

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Download Snort 2.9.9.0

What's new in this version:

New:
- New rule option for byte_math. See the Snort manual for details
- Added bitmask and from_end operations to byte_test. See the Snort manual for details
- Added a Buffer Dump utility to trace all of the buffers used by snort during inspection. Enable this by --enable-buffer-dump option to configure prior to building. See the Snort manual for details
- Added new HTTP preprocessor alerts to detect multiple content encoding and multiple content length
- Added support for SMTP Traffic detection over SSL (SMTPS)

Improvements:
- Fixed an issue which reduces extra service discovery to improve performance
- Fixed multiple issues in AppID
- Stability improvement for Stream preprocessor
- Fixed multiple issues in HttpInspect preprocessor
- Fixed mime data processing issue in SMTP stateless inspection
- Added support to decode packets that contains VLAN with Secure Group Tag (SGT)
- Fixed Issue related to DLL-Load in Snort on windows platforms