Migrate from Snort 2 to Snort 3

Starting with Version 7.0, Snort 3 is the default inspection engine for new Firewall Threat Defense deployments with Firewall Management Center. If you are still using the Snort 2 inspection engine, switch to Snort 3 now for improved detection and performance.

Upgrading Firewall Threat Defense to Version 7.2 through 7.6 also upgrades eligible Snort 2 devices to Snort 3. For devices that are ineligible because they use custom intrusion or network analysis policies, manually upgrade to Snort 3 as described here.

Although you can switch individual devices back, you should not. Snort 2 will be deprecated in a future release and will eventually prevent Firewall Threat Defense upgrade.