network/snort: Updated for version 2.9.7.0.

Signed-off-by: David Spencer <baildon.research@googlemail.com>

5 files changed, 74 insertions, 108 deletions

diff --git a/network/snort/README b/network/snort/README
index 2ca505fec00ad..2b30f035ae718 100644
--- a/network/snort/README
+++ b/network/snort/README
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ It is capable of performing real-time traffic analysis, alerting, blocking
 and packet logging on IP networks. It utilizes a combination of protocol
 analysis and pattern matching in order to detect a anomalies, misuse and
 attacks.
+
 Snort uses a flexible rules language to describe activity that can be
 considered malicious or anomalous as well as an analysis engine that
 incorporates a modular plugin architecture. Snort is capable of detecting
diff --git a/network/snort/README.SLACKWARE b/network/snort/README.SLACKWARE
index 88ac0595ce559..4190e5c614a1d 100644
--- a/network/snort/README.SLACKWARE
+++ b/network/snort/README.SLACKWARE
@@ -4,28 +4,12 @@ README.SLACKWARE
 Documentation
 -------------
 
-Please read the snort_manual.pdf file that should be included with this 
-distribution for full documentation on the program as well as a guide to 
-getting started.
-
 This package builds a very basic snort implementation useful for monitoring
-traffic as an IDS or packet logger and as a sort of improved tcpdump.
-For more information, check out snort's homepage at:
-
-  http://www.snort.org/
-  http://www.snort.org/docs/
-
-
-Source tarball and newer releases
----------------------------------
-
-snort.org has no direct links to the source tarball, that's why it is also
-hosted on http://www.nielshorn.net/
-This is needed for sbopkg to work.
-
-If you want a newer version than the one available there, check:
-
-  https://www.snort.org/snort-downloads
+traffic as an IDS or packet logger and as a sort of improved tcpdump. More
+information can be found at the following URLs:
+  https://www.snort.org/               (homepage)
+  https://www.snort.org/#documents     (documentation links)
+  http://manual.snort.org/             (user manual)
 
 
 Starting snort
@@ -47,116 +31,94 @@ As an example, you can put this in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local script:
 And this in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown:
 
   if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.snort ]; then
-    /etc/rc.d/rc.snort stop
+    IFACE=xxxx /etc/rc.d/rc.snort stop
   fi
 
 
-Installing / Updating Rules etc.
---------------------------------
-
-In order for Snort to function properly, you need to provide rule files.
-You can either get a paid subscription (newest rules) at:
+Installing and Updating Rules
+-----------------------------
 
-  https://www.snort.org/vrt/buy-a-subscription
+In order for Snort to function properly, you need to download rules, and
+you need to update the rules regularly.
 
-or register for free (only rules >30 days old) at:
-
-  https://www.snort.org/signup
-
-Then download your rules from:
+You can get a paid subscription for the latest rules at
+  https://www.snort.org/products
 
+or you can register for free to download rules >30 days old at
+  https://www.snort.org/users/sign_up
+then download your rules from
   https://www.snort.org/snort-rules
 
-The downloaded file contains the rules, signatures and updated configuration
-files. Be careful when updating these, as you will probably have customized
-a few settings in your snort.conf
-At the end of this file is a sample script that you can use as a base to
-automate unpacking of the tarball. It updates the rules, signatures and some
-configurations, but copies the new snort.conf as snort.conf.new, so that you
-can examine it later.
-This script is included only as an example and without any guarantee.
-** Use at your own risk! **
-
-Basically, you need to
+The downloaded .tar.gz file contains rules and updated configuration files.
+Be careful merging them, as you will probably have customized a few settings
+in your snort.conf. You need to
+
 1) put the new rules/*		into /etc/snort/rules/
 2) put the new preproc_rules/*	into /etc/snort/preproc_rules/
-3) put the new doc/signatures/*	into /usr/doc/snort-*/signatures/
-4) put the new etc/*		into /etc/snort/ (except for snort.conf)
-
-After updating your files, restart snort with:
+3) put the new etc/*		into /etc/snort/ (except for snort.conf)
+4) review any changes to snort.conf and merge them into /etc/snort.conf
+5) restart snort:
+   # IFACE=xxxx /etc/rc.d/rc.snort restart
 
-  # /etc/rc.d/rc.snort restart
+Below is a sample script that you can use to do steps 1-3 automatically.
+The script installs the new configuration as snort.conf.new, so that you can
+review it.
 
-=============================================================================
-Sample script to update rules, signatures and configurations
-*** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK *** NO GUARANTEES ***
-=============================================================================
 #!/bin/bash
+#=============================================================================
+# Sample script to update snort rules, signatures and configurations
+# *** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK *** NO GUARANTEES ***
+#=============================================================================
+# Written by Niels Horn
+# Maintained by David Spencer <baildon.research@googlemail.com>
+# v2 2015-02-22 dbs
 
-# snortrules_update
-#
-# Written by Niels Horn <niels.horn@gmail.com>
-# Nothing guaranteed, use at your own risk!
-#
-# v1.00-2010/09/18	- first attempt
-#
-
-CWD=$(pwd)
 CONFDIR=/etc/snort
 
 # Exit on most errors
 set -e
 
-if [ "x$1" = "x" ]; then
-  echo "Specify snortrules-snapshot file:"
-  echo
-  echo "  $0 <snortrules-snapshot>"
-  echo
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Please specify snortrules-snapshot file:"
+  echo "  $0 snortrules-snapshot-nnnn.tar.gz"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # Configuration files
 echo "*** Updating configuration files..."
-for cf in $( tar tf $1 | grep "etc/" ); do
+for cf in $( tar tf "$1" | grep "etc/" ); do
   if [ ! "$cf" = "etc/" ]; then
-    file=$(basename $cf)
-    tar -xf $1 $cf -O > $CONFDIR/$file.new
+    file=$(basename "$cf")
+    tar -o -xf "$1" "$cf" -O > "$CONFDIR/$file.new"
     # check if it is "snort.conf"
-    if [ ! "$file" = "snort.conf" ]; then
+    if [ "$file" = "snort.conf" ]; then
+      LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+      [ "$(uname -m)" = 'x86_64' ] && LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+      sed -i -e "s#/usr/local/lib/#/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/#g" "$CONFDIR/snort.conf.new"
+    else
       # OK, it is something else, we can handle this
-      if [ -r $CONFDIR/$file ]; then
+      if [ -r "$CONFDIR/$file" ]; then
         # we have a previous version
-        if [ "$(cat $CONFDIR/$file | md5sum)" = "$(cat $CONFDIR/$file.new | md5sum)" ]; then
+        if [ "$(md5sum <"$CONFDIR/$file")" = "$(md5sum <"$CONFDIR/$file.new")" ]; then
           # nothing new, dump previous version
-          rm $CONFDIR/$file
+          rm "$CONFDIR/$file"
         else
           # keep previous version
-          mv -f $CONFDIR/$file $CONFDIR/$file.old
+          mv -f "$CONFDIR/$file" "$CONFDIR/$file.old"
         fi
       fi
       # move new file over
-      mv -f $CONFDIR/$file.new $CONFDIR/$file
+      mv -f "$CONFDIR/$file.new" "$CONFDIR/$file"
     fi
   fi
 done
 
 # rules
 echo "*** Updating rules..."
-cd /etc/snort/rules
-  tar --strip-components=1 --wildcards -xf $CWD/$1 rules/*
-cd - > /dev/null
+tar -o --strip-components=1 --directory=/etc/snort/rules --wildcards -xf "$1" 'rules/*'
 
 # preproc-rules
 echo "*** Updating preproc_rules..."
-cd /etc/snort/preproc_rules
-  tar --strip-components=1 --wildcards -xf $CWD/$1 preproc_rules/*
-cd - > /dev/null
-
-# signatures
-echo "*** Updating signatures..."
-cd /usr/doc/snort-*/signatures
-  tar --strip-components=2 --wildcards -xf $CWD/$1 doc/signatures/*
-cd - > /dev/null
+tar -o --strip-components=1 --directory=/etc/snort/preproc_rules --wildcards -xf "$1" 'preproc_rules/*'
 
 echo "All done."
-
diff --git a/network/snort/rc.snort b/network/snort/rc.snort
index 9aaf410fcfd4b..228e8da4e3db1 100644
--- a/network/snort/rc.snort
+++ b/network/snort/rc.snort
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Start/stop/restart snort
 
-# This tell snort which interface to listen on (any for every interface)
+# This tell snort which interface to listen on ("any" == every interface)
 IFACE=${IFACE:-any}
 
 # Make sure this matches your IFACE
@@ -23,18 +23,22 @@ snort_start() {
 
 # Stop snort:
 snort_stop() {
-  echo -n "Stopping Snort daemon ($IFACE)..."
-  kill $(cat $PIDFILE)
-  echo
-  sleep 1
-  rm -f $PIDFILE
+  if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
+    echo -n "Stopping Snort daemon (interface $IFACE)..."
+    kill $(cat $PIDFILE)
+    echo
+    sleep 1
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+  else
+    echo "Pidfile $PIDFILE not found!"
+    echo "Either Snort is not running or you should specify IFACE=xxxx"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
 # Restart snort:
 snort_restart() {
-  snort_stop
-  sleep 1
-  snort_start
+  snort_stop && sleep 1 && snort_start
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/network/snort/snort.SlackBuild b/network/snort/snort.SlackBuild
index 9adda2b010aaf..6194ecb5164b4 100644
--- a/network/snort/snort.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/snort/snort.SlackBuild
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@
 #  WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
+#
 # Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
-
-# revision date: 2012/09/15
+# Maintained by David Spencer <baildon.research@googlemail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=snort
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.5.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.7.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
- -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/network/snort/snort.info b/network/snort/snort.info
index 6c12f12934c0f..770d11009ed5c 100644
--- a/network/snort/snort.info
+++ b/network/snort/snort.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="snort"
-VERSION="2.9.5.6"
+VERSION="2.9.7.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.snort.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/slackbuildsdirectlinks/files/snort/snort-2.9.5.6.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="e993c97c1710d68a7b67813fe98c09a4"
+DOWNLOAD="https://www.snort.org/downloads/snort/snort-2.9.7.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="c2a45bc56441ee9456478f219dd8d1e2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="daq"
-MAINTAINER="Niels Horn"
-EMAIL="niels.horn@gmail.com"
+MAINTAINER="David Spencer"
+EMAIL="baildon.research@googlemail.com"