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NSMnow – 1.6.0 … Back to BASH

This release marks a major overhaul of the NSMnow code. Yes, major!

The core is no longer written in PERL but rather BASH. The reason for this change was two fold: remove the dependencies and unify the NSMnow core with the NSMadministration scripts.

Some benefits of this are that we no longer require the plethora of distribution specific checks just to get a simple install. It should also allow for a smoother transition onto the *BSD distributions.

Due to the recent release of Snort 2.8.5, we’ve decided to leave a few features out and get the 1.6.x branch a little more stable before we implement them. We have done some considerable testing but like most things I’m sure there’s plenty of room for bugs. So if you see them be sure to report them. Consequently we have marked the initial 1.6.0 release as beta.

Enjoy!

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3 Responses to “NSMnow – 1.6.0 … Back to BASH”

  1. Rami Labib Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 2:59 am

    Congratulations on the great effort done by the team to build NSMnow.
    Hopefully it replaces the one provided vorant.
    I tried to run snort using sguil (and all accessories) on Centos5.3.
    I used the http://sguil.sourceforge.net/ specifically the http://www.vorant.com/nsmwiki/Sguil_on_RedHat_HOWTO
    It was a night mare.
    Hopefully NSMnow comes to the rescue & relieves me form this headache.

  2. Rami Labib Says:
    October 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 am

    Gents
    NSMnow 1.6 is MAGIC
    it worked perfectly (till now) on Centos5.3
    Thank alot.
    Really Really Great Job done by the developers

  3. firnsy Says:
    October 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 am

    Thanks for the great feedback Rami. Now go tell all your friends ;)

    We appreciate all forms of feedback, including these ones!

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