Changes to the Sourcefire VRT Rules Subscription

To the Snort community:

Sourcefire is announcing some changes to the Sourcefire
Vulnerability 
Research Team (VRT) Certified Rules Subscription. These
changes will 
make access to real-time Sourcefire VRT Rule updates
affordable to every 
member of the community. As of December 1st 2006,
subscriptions will be 
priced according to a use-based model starting at just
$29.99 annually 
for personal (home/student) use, and business subscriptions
will be 
priced based on the number of sensors starting at $399.00
per year. The 
new pricing is designed to provide a fair and equitable
pricing model 
that meets the needs and resources of the Snort community as
a whole, 
and results from Sourcefire policy amendments impacting the
release of 
Sourcefire VRT Rules free of charge to registered users of
www.snort.org.

Beginning January 2, 2007, there will also be a change to
the 
registered-base rule release delay period. Contractual
obligations with 
key partners have necessitated the update of the delay
period to 30 
days. We understand the inconvenience that the delay
presents to some 
registered users of Snort, but going forward, the new
pricing model will 
help us to ensure key partner support and that the
Sourcefire VRT can 
provide the highest levels of research to the Snort
community.

Sourcefire will continue its commitment to and investment in
Snort® and 
the open source community. These changes only affect
Sourcefire VRT 
Certified Rules. Snort® is and will continue to be free. The
Sourcefire 
VRT will continue its support of the community rules which
will continue 
to be available free of both fees and registration.

Some other changes that you’ll see in the coming months will
include 
upgrades to www.snort.org that will increase the usability
of the site 
and improve knowledge transfer between community members,
additional 
support for the growing number of local users groups, and
the 
continuation of the annual Snort Scholarship program.

For more information please visit: 
http://www.snort.org/about_snort/vrt_subs_20061201.html


I'm available to answer any questions you may have.

-- 

Mike Guiterman

Snort Community Manager

Sourcefire, Inc.

mguitermansourcefire.com

(410)423-1930


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