Suricata 1.0 engine is touted

[mozerd]

Suricata 1.0 engine is touted as a replacement for the 12-year-old Snort open source technology that over the years has emerged as a sort of de facto standard for detecting and preventing intrusions

DHS, vendors unveil open source intrusion detection engine

[Coldfirex]

Early response from Snort.
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/2...%28Slashdot%29

[sky-knight]

Yeah replacing snort is going to be a tough one...