Net::Snort::Parse - A collection of perl modules for parsing
                           Snort configuration files

These modules provide a basis for parsing snort configuration files and rules,
allow tools to be built that muck with rulesets with less effort.  An example
tool, snortconfig, is included.   snortconfig was the reason these modules 
were built.

snortconfig is a rules modification system for snort that is generated from a 
configuration file.  This allows a user to keep their ruleset updated without 
too much of a headache.  

Documentation for the modules and snortconfig are embedded in the files.

    Net::Snort::Parse::File - configuration file parser
        - for parsing snort.conf
    Net::Snort::Parse::Rule - rule parser
        - for parsing individual rules
    snortconfig
        - an example application that uses these modules

Copyright (C) 2003 Brian Caswell <bmc@shmoo.com>
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