Re: [Snort-sigs] Proposal for addition of author to standard rule listings

On  0, "M. Shirk" <shirkdog_linux@hotmail.com> allegedly wrote:
> Shirkdog is currently writing rules:
>
> alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:"Detects TCP Traffic";reference: 
> author,shirkdog@cryptomail.org)
>
> :-) I think this is a good thing.
>
> I think BleedingEdge Snort puts the person who submitted the bleeding 
> rules, but Brian or others would have to comment on adding the author once 
> a rule is added to the Snort rule distribution.

Great efforts are made to give credit where it is due when anyone submits
*anything* to the Snort project, that includes rules, documentation, code,
the people who test etc....

As I previously mentioned in this thread, for rule and rule documentation
we put the authors name and contact information in the rule document.

> Shirkdog
 
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