Check Point Software Technologies to Acquire Sourcefire

Hi Everyone,

We are very excited to announce that Check Point has signed an agreement=20
to acquire Sourcefire. We understand that this announcement affects not=20
only Sourcefire but the community as well. We want to be sure to put=20
everyone's mind at ease that Snort is now and will continue to be free=20
to end-users.  We will continue to develop and distribute the Snort=20
engine under the GPL, improve and document the program to stay on the=20
cutting edge and expand the snort.org web site.  The community=20
continues, as always, to be important to us as a group of people who use=20
the code pervasively throughout the entire Internet, report on problems=20
and make suggestions and contributions to the project.  Check Point is=20
very excited about continuing Sourcefire=92s involvement with the open=20
source community!

Read a message from Marty Roesch, Snort creator, to the community at=20
http://www.snort.org/about_snort/msg_from_marty/mr_100605.html.

Regards,
Jennifer


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Jennifer Steffens
Director, Product Management - Snort
Sourcefire, Inc


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