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Cisco Snort Community Rules

The checked Snort 3 archive contained 4,024 active rules across 27 classification types, with SIDs from 105 to 300307. It is a current bundle rather than a historical archive, and the provider states no publication schedule or download cap for Community Rules.

Open snort.org
Signal Scoredraft model
88
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
GPL-2.0-only · terms linked
20
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage
13

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
The Snort 3 Community Rules archive downloads without an account or key. No download cap or update schedule is stated.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
GPL-2.0-onlyterms
Licence note
The downloaded bundle includes GPL version 2 and states that Community Rules are separately available under that licence. Redistribution must retain the applicable copyright and licence notices.
Attribution
No attribution requirement recorded.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.snort.org/downloads#rules
  2. 02www.snort.org/rules_explanation
  3. 03www.snort.org/downloads/community/snort3-community-rules.tar.gz

// Good for

cyber-threatthreat-intelnetwork-datavulnerabilitiesrisk

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "snort-community-rules"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "Cisco Snort Community Rules",
  "slug": "snort-community-rules",
  "domain": "Cyber Threat",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Freemium",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "GPL-2.0-only",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.snort.org/downloads/community/snort3-community-rules.tar.gz",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.snort.org/downloads#rules",
    "https://www.snort.org/rules_explanation",
    "https://www.snort.org/downloads/community/snort3-community-rules.tar.gz"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "cyber-threat",
    "threat-intel",
    "network-data",
    "vulnerabilities",
    "risk"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.snort.org/downloads#rules"
}

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