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    Is Snort single threaded?

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      dschlic1
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      I read some place that Snort is single treaded. Is this true for the package in pfSense?

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire
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        I had read that a while back. I see https://blog.snort.org/2014/12/introducing-snort-30.html says Snort 3.0 has multi-threading? However the snort package for pfSense says:

        Package Dependencies:
        snort-2.9.11.1_2

        Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, CPU, and/or disk speed.
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          bmeeks
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          The current Snort package on pfSense is based on the Snort 2.9.11 binary, so it is single-threaded.

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