Software Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Platform Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
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Intrusion Detection and Prevention Migrate from Snort 2 to Snort 3 How to Migrate from Snort 2 to Snort 3

Last updated: Jul 29, 2025

How to Migrate from Snort 2 to Snort 3

Migrating from Snort 2 to Snort 3 requires you to switch the inspection engine of the Firewall Threat Defense device from Snort 2 to Snort 3.

Depending on your requirements, the tasks to complete the migration of your device from Snort 2 to Snort 3 is listed in the following table:

Step

Task

Links to Procedures

1

Enable Snort 3

2

Convert Snort 2 custom rules to Snort 3

3

Synchronize Snort 2 rules with Snort 3

Synchronize Snort 2 Rules with Snort 3