From the Activeworx guys:

IDS Policy Manager v2.2 BETA is now available for download and testing. IDS Policy Manager is completely FREE enterprise Snort rule management solution.

New Feature highlights:

o. Initial Support for Snort v2.8.

o. New enhanced search functionality to search for virtually any rule detail across all your policies.

o. New Raw rule editor to edit the snort rule in it’s original format.

o. New usability enhancements.

For more information and to download IDS Policy Manager, please visit:

http://www.activeworx.org/

Cheers,

Jeff

From Jeff Dell and the Activeworx team:

Activeworx is very happy to announce the release of IDS Policy Manager v2.1. IDS Policy Manager is a completely FREE, enterprise Snort rule management
solution.

Some of the highlights of version 2.1 are:

o. Support for Snort 2.7.
o. Enhanced updating of sensors and policies.
o. Test policy before restart.
o. Additional snort_inline support.
o. Enhanced group and location support for sensors.
o. Fast update of policies on sensors.
o. Many new usability features throughout the application.

For more information and to download IDS Policy Manager, please visit:

http://www.activeworx.org/

From the Activeworx guys:

Activeworx is happy to announce the release of IDS Policy Manager v2.0.2. This completely free tool has been updated to expand on its already feature rich interface to add more usability features and support for Snort v2.7beta.

Partial list of changes since 2.0.1:

o. Added - Support for Snort v2.7beta.
o. Added - Show differences between rules when updating rules.
o. Added - Stream 5 support.
o. Added - Local script arguments.
o. Added - Import configuration options/rules from a text box.
o. Added - Ability to quickly open selected rule for all policies.
o. Added - Additional checks to make sure user is entering required values for rules, sensors, groups, etc…

For more information and to download IDS Policy Manager for free, please visit:

http://www.activeworx.org/

From Jeff Dell at Activeworx:

I am very happy to announce the release of IDS Policy Manager v2. This release has been 6 years in the making and is fully redesigned to extend the capabilities of our snort rule management solution to provide a complete enterprise rule manager for Snort… and it is free! This is not a single sensor version or a limited version so we can sell a commercial product..

This is a fully functional Snort enterprise management solution.

Major changes since IDS Policy Manager v1.8:

o. Completely re-designed to simplify and extend the rules management functionality.
o. IDSPM v2 stores all information in a database for more flexibility in working with multiple policies.
o. Now supports all versions of Snort including Snort 2.6.
o. Support unlimited update locations for snort rules including Snort community rules.
o. New update form gives you more information about the rules that will be added/updated before the policy is modified.
o. For better control of copying policies and managing snort sensors. IDSPM no longer supports putty scp as it now uses
integrated SSH/SCP libraries. This also increases the performance of uploading the policy.
o. Support for multiple of the same output modules.
o. Quickly enable/disable multiple rules on multiple policies.
o. Each sensor has the option to change variables values that are unique to that sensor. This gives you the ability to
have a single policy and change variables that are unique to that sensor.
o. integration with Activeworx Security Center giving you a single console to view events and manage unlimited Snort sensors.
o. much more…

For more information and to download IDS Policy Manager, please visit:

http://www.activeworx.org/

Cheers,

Jeff

From Jeff Dell at Activeworx:

We are very happy to announce the release of IDS Policy Manager v2 Beta. IDS Policy Manger v2 has been fully redesigned to extend the capabilities of our snort rule management solution to provide the most powerful enterprise rule manager for Snort… and it is free!

For more information and to download IDS Policy Manager, please visit:

http://www.activeworx.org/

Major changes since IDS Policy Manager v1.8:

o. Completely re-designed to simplify and extend the rules management functionality.

o. There are now 2 versions of IDSPM; a stand alone version and a 3rd party add-on for Activeworx Security Center. Both versions of IDSPM are free.
o. IDSPM v2 stores all information in a database for more flexibility in working with multiple policies. IDSPM stand alone utilizes an embedded database and IDSPM add-on for Activeworx Security Center supports MySQL.
o. Now support all versions of Snort including Snort 2.6.
o. Support unlimited update locations for snort rules including Snort community rules.
o. New update form gives you more information about the rules that will be added/updated before the policy is modified.
o. For better control of copying policies and managing snort sensors. IDSPM no longer supports putty scp as it now uses integrated SSH/SCP libraries. This also increases the performance of uploading the policy.
o. Support for multiple of the same output modules.
o. Quickly enable/disable multiple rules on multiple policies.
o. Each sensor has the option to change variables values that are unique to that sensor. This gives you the ability to have a single policy and change variables that are unique to that sensor.
o. Integration with Activeworx Security Center giving you a single console to view events and manage Snort sensors in a multi-user environment.
o. much more…

Enjoy!

Jeff