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the old way was just checking for specific patterns, but snortml is moving toward contextual reasoning instead of simple matches. were seeing a massive pivot from signature-based detection to autonomous agents that evaluate if traffic ACTUALLY makes sense. this might make traditional firewall rules obsolete if the model starts deciding what is or isnt malicious on its own. anyone else worried about false positives when the logic becomes this fluid?

link: https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/05/11/when-the-sensor-starts-thinking-snortml-agentic-ai-and-the-evolving-architecture-of-intrusion-detection/