Availability of Snort v2.6.1 final

Hi everybody,

The Snort Team is pleased to announce the availability of the final 
release of Snort v2.6.1.  The software and source code is available at:

http://www.snort.org/dl/

2.6.1 provides new functionality including the following:

* New pattern matcher with a significantly reduced memory footprint

* Introduction of stream5 for experimental use

* Improvements to stream4, including UDP session tracking and
optimizations for the reassembly buffer

* Handling for reassembly of SMB fragmented data in DCE/RPC

* An ssh preprocessor for experimental use

* Updated Snort decoder that can decode GRE encapsulated packets

* Output plugin to allow Snort to configure Aruba access control

And:

* Bug fixes and performance improvements

Happy Snorting!

The Snort Release Team
Sourcefire, Inc.


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