Snort (software)

Snort
Developer(s)Cisco Systems
Stable release
Snort 2.x (Legacy)2.9.19.0 / December 6, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-06)[1]
Snort 3.x3.1.56.0 / February 23, 2023; 20 months ago (2023-02-23)[2]
Repository
Written inC++ (since version 3.0)
Operating systemCross-platform[3]
Type
LicenseGPLv2+
Websitewww.snort.org

Snort is a free open source network intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS)[4] created in 1998 by Martin Roesch, founder and former CTO of Sourcefire.[5][6] Snort is now developed by Cisco, which purchased Sourcefire in 2013.[7][8][9]

In 2009, Snort entered InfoWorld's Open Source Hall of Fame as one of the "greatest [pieces of] open source software of all time".[10]

  1. ^ "Snort Blog: snort". blog.snort.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. ^ "Releases · snort3/snort3". github.com. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ^ "Snort - Network Intrusion Detection & Prevention System". snort.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. ^ Jeffrey Carr (2007-06-05). "Snort: Open Source Network Intrusion Prevention". Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  5. ^ Larry Greenemeier (2006-04-25). "Sourcefire Has Big Plans For Open-Source Snort". Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  6. ^ eWeek.com Staff (2008-04-04). "100 Most Influential People in IT". Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  7. ^ "Cisco Completes Acquisition of Sourcefire". Cisco Systems. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  8. ^ "Cisco to Buy Sourcefire, a Cybersecurity Company, for $2.7 Billion". The New York Times. 23 July 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  9. ^ "Snort: The World's Most Widely Deployed IPS Technology". Cisco. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  10. ^ Doug Dineley; High Mobley (2009-08-17). "The greatest open source software of all time". Retrieved 2020-04-13.