Suricata 7.0.8 packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad)

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More about Suricata 7.0.8 features, improvements and release notes :

Suricata 7.0.8 released

Suricata 7.0.8 packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad).

  • 20.04 Focal
  • 22.04 Jammy
  • 24.04 Noble

64 bit packages available with the following architectures -

  • amd64
  • arm64
  • armhf
  • ppc64el
  • s390x

The default installation in 7.0.8 also includes (available in the package) the tools:

  • suricata-update
  • suricatactl

You can also get some help of how to use the tools by doing “suricata-update -h” or “suricatactl -h”

The packages are build-in with:

  • IPS (nfqueue/AFP)
  • All JSON output
  • GeoIP
  • Unix-Socket
  • Lua scripting
  • NSS(MD5) enabled
  • PIE - Position Independent Executable
  • Redis enabled support

The Ubuntu

  • 20.04 Focal
  • 22.04 Jammy
  • 24.04 Noble

distribution packages are with Hyperscan enabled by default for extra performance.
(Your CPU needs to have the SSSE3 flag. You can check with - cat /proc/cpuinfo)

By community request there is also available “suricata-dbg” (Suricata with enabled debug features) package ready to use out of the box install:

sudo apt-get install suricata-dbg

Suricata 7.0.8 is available from our suricata-stable and/or suricata-7.0 PPA repository.

How to:

https://docs.suricata.io/en/suricata-7.0.8/install.html#ubuntu-from-personal-package-archives-ppa

Feedback is welcome!

About Suricata

Suricata is a high-performance Network Threat Detection, IDS, IPS, and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open-source and owned by a community-run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is developed by OISF, its supporting vendors, and the community.
Thank you !

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