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regarding snort-rules-default: Filesystem location of rule files
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Package: snort-rules-default
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
the snort-rules-default package is currently storing its rules files in
/etc/snort/rules, and RULE_PATH in the Snort config is set to this
directory as well by default. The /etc directory is meant to hold
'static' files according to FHS section 3.7 [1]. While it is not
strongly defined what exactly is meant by the term 'static',
one might argue that a frequent updates of the rules files from an
external source (e.g. via oinkmaster or pulledpork, which is quite
common) might disqualify them as being largely static.
As a suitable alternative location, one might think of something along
the lines of /var/lib/snort/rules -- FHS states that the contents of
/var/lib should reflect a program’s variable internal state while
running [2], and the rules may be a special case here (as they change
the internal state of Suricata only when loaded or reloaded). It is also
stated that the user should never need to modify these files, but I am
not sure whether this also includes using a specific automation tool
such as oinkmaster or pulledpork for that purpose.
Still, this sounds like the best option. Any comments?
I am aware that the paths for rules updated via these tools can be
tweaked easily, but I'm trying to come up with a solution that would
make Snort and Suricata work 'out of the box' with oinkmaster and (an
upcoming) pulledpork package.
This complements #853154, which raises the same question for Suricata.
Cheers
Sascha
[1] http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s07.html
[2] http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch05s08.html
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Version: 2.9.15.1-6+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package snort has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1079286
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