Snort is now using a new version of Snort, version 03.0.0.a1.4 (Build 7) [pre-ALPHA] The Snort Team: http://www.snort.org/team.html/snort(C) Copyright 2006 Sourcefire Inc. Snort was created by Martin Roesch and the Snort team at the time of the release of the original version of this article. Snort will use the latest version of the operating system to test and test networks in the wild.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2007/04/snort-30-alpha-and-ipv6.html