diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/45/exclude b/config/rootfiles/core/45/exclude
index e69de29bb..2cb97983d 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/45/exclude
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/45/exclude
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+etc/snort/snort.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/45/filelists/snort b/config/rootfiles/core/45/filelists/snort
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..9406ce01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/45/filelists/snort
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/snort
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lfs/snort b/lfs/snort
index 47b8b5aad..7b5d41bc2 100644
--- a/lfs/snort
+++ b/lfs/snort
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.9.0.2
+VER        = 2.9.0.3
 
 THISAPP    = snort-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 5d4dabe98bccbea166bbc86e2439f22a
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 5f0c48b06453696ad32e27b9b3dd6603
 
 install : $(TARGET)