Snort

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snort - A libpcap packet sniffer, logger, and lightweight IDS

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Rating

4 points (out of 4)

Rating scheme: 4 points means the source builds seamlessly on Solaris Express (OpenSolaris). Points are subtracted as follows:

  • Minus 1 if the source doesn't come with an automated way to localize the build (e.g. configure)
  • Minus 1 if the source won't compile with Sun's cc (this usually means the code is gcc-centric)
  • Minus 1 if a minor patch is required, or
  • Minus 2 if a major patch(es) is required

How to build snort-2.6.0.2 on Solaris Express

Build Environment (platform, compiler, tools, PATH, ld)

Configure and compile steps (on x86 hardware)

/usr/bin/gzip -dc snort-2.6.0.2.tar.gz | /usr/sfw/bin/gtar xf -

cd snort-2.6.0.2

export CFLAGS="-i -xO4 -xspace -xstrconst -xpentium -mr"
export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-zignore -Wl,-zcombreloc -Wl,-Bdirect"

./configure --prefix=/usr  \
            --mandir=/usr/share/man
make

Other configure options

output of ./configure --help

Directory paths that snort installs to

bin
lib/snort_dynamicengine
share/man/man8

Other 3rd party software snort requires

Requires: libpcap
Requires: pcre