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+PLEASE STOP AND READ THIS INFORMATION!
+
+If you are creating an issue just to ask a question, you will likely get faster and better responses by posting to our discussions forum instead:
+https://securityonion.net/discuss
+
+If you have found a bug in Security Onion, you can continue with creating an issue here, but please make sure you have done the following:
+- duplicated the issue on a fresh installation of the latest version
+- provide information about your system and how you installed Security Onion
+- include relevant log files
+- include reproduction steps