Suricata 1.4 Brings New Security Features

Posted by Michael Larabel on December 15, 2012

Suricata from the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF), which is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine, has been updated to version 1.4.

The major additions to the Suricata 1.4 release is Unix Socket support, IP reputation support, and the Luajit keyword has been added. There's also stability and performance improvements to Suricata 1.4, including a rewrite of the IP Defrag Engine for greater scalability.

For more information on the new security features and changes found within Suricata 1.4, see the OISF announcement.

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