Wednesday 12 May 2010 - 2428 read - ( Keywords : IDS , Suricata )
The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field.Version 0.9 RC1
New Features
Support for the http_headers keyword was added
libhtp was updated to version 0.2.3
Privilege dropping using libcap-ng is now supported
Proper support for "pass" rules was added
Inline mode for Windows was added
Improvements
A regression in the detection engine causing false negatives was fixed
Many accuracy and stability improvements have been made
Known Issues & Missing Features
The OISF has made significant progress towards reaching the first full (non-beta) release of Suricata. Your feedback is always important to us and we appreciate your time and effort. As always, we are doing our best to make you aware of continuing development and items within the engine that are not yet complete. With this in mind, please notice the list we have included of known items currently being addressed.
Using the http_cookie keyword seems to cause a match on all packets.
Currently we don’t support the dce option for byte_test and byte_jump.
Stream reassembly is currently only performed for app-layer code.
Inconsistent time stamps in http log file due to handling & updating of the http state.
DCE/RPC over udp is not currently supported.
dce_stub_data does not respect relative modifiers.
Engine does not work properly on big endian platforms.
Time based stats are not calculated correctly.
POSTSCRIPTUM
COMPLIANCE MANDATES
IDS : PCI DSS 10.6, 11.4, SOX A13.2, DS5.10, GLBA 16CFR Part 314.4(b) and (3), HIPAA 164.306(a)(2), 164.308(a)(1) 164.308(a)(6)42, FISMA SI-4, AC-2, ISO 27001/27002 10.6.2,
10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.4, 15.1.5
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12 May 2010 : Suricata v0.9 RC1 released
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