Help Net Security: The Story of Snort: Past, Present and Future

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 26, 2005

[ Thanks to LogError for
this link. ]

“Last week we met with Martin Roesch, the creator of Snort, the
de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention. Presented
here is the entire story of Snort in his words that covers seven
years of development that made this tool one of the most important
security software titles ever developed.

“During his talk you’ll get all the details on how Snort was
initially conceived as well as how it is expected to develop
further now after Check Point acquired Sourcefire…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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