simple basic Snort3 pre-install bash script: downloading, checksum checkouts and tar extracting. Upcomming installation presetting, adaptive behaviour on new release publishing and PoW morphability function as example of constructive playing around for fun and with results.

snort3download.sh

#!/bin/bash

#cd "$DOWNLOADS_DIR"

mkdir snort3download
cd snort3download

# SNORT3

echo "downloading snort3..."

wget https://github.com/snort3/snort3/archive/refs/tags/3.7.4.0.tar.gz -O snort-3.7.4.0.tar.gz

echo "snort3 DOWNLOADED! sizes compare:"

echo "3.4M    ORGINAL_snort-3.7.4.0.tar.gz"
du -h snort-3.7.4.0.tar.gz

echo "checksum controll..."
echo "1f96b7e21e9d4c098e432276df934410  snort3-3.7.4.0.tar.gz" | md5sum --check

tar -xvzf snort3-3.7.4.0.tar.gz

# SNORT3 EXTRA

echo "downloading snort3-extra..."

wget https://github.com/snort3/snort3_extra/archive/refs/tags/3.7.4.0.tar.gz -O snort-extra-3.7.4.0.tar.gz

echo "snort3-extra DOWNLOADED! sizes compare:"

echo "60K     ORGINAL_snort-extra-3.7.4.0.tar.gz"
du -h snort-extra-3.7.4.0.tar.gz

echo "checksum controll..."
echo "2db94bae8cd575cd4060176d89b127be  snort-extra-3.7.4.0.tar.gz" | md5sum --check

tar -xvzf snort-extra-3.7.4.0.tar.gz

# SNORT3 RULES COLLECTION

echo "downloading snort3 community rules..."

wget https://www.snort.org/downloads/community/snort3-community-rules.tar.gz

echo "checksum controll..."
echo "e6de0e1d90544f2effc9625b6f00650e snort3-community-rules.tar.gz" | md5sum --check

tar -xvzf snort3-community-rules.tar.gz