#!/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 # v2 2015-02-22 dbs # v3 2026-02-08 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo CONFDIR=/etc/snort/rules # Exit on most errors set -e if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Please specify snortrules file:" echo " $0 snort3-community-rules.tar.gz" exit 1 fi # Configuration files echo "*** Updating configuration files..." tar -o -xf "$1" snort3-community-rules/snort3-community.rules -O > "$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules.new" if [ -e $CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules ]; then if [ "$(md5sum <"$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules")" = "$(md5sum <"$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules.new")" ]; then # nothing new, dump new rules rm "$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules.new" echo "No new rules." else # update the rule with newer version mv -f "$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules.new" "$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules" echo "Rules updated" fi else mv -f "$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules.new" "$CONFDIR/snort3-community.rules" echo "Rules Added" fi echo "All done."