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Re: Run an external program
From: Erek Adams <erek () snort org>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:01:43 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Bennett Todd wrote:
2003-03-05T09:39:50 Erek Adams:I'd honestly suggest moving to a *NIX platform and alerting to a socket.That would worry me; wouldn't snort block on writes when the reader is off executing some program? Rather than using IPC to let swatch feed the program-executer directly, go by way of a logfile; if the program-executer doesn't always keep up (if it falls behind when it's running the external program) that's fine, the logfile provides intrinsic buffering.
What might even be a better solution would be to write an output plugin for BarnYard that sends alerts off to another process for <whatever>. That would reduce the risk of blocking, handle buffering, and generally be a clean solution for all issues involved. Granted, I don't have a good understanding of BY and it's plugins, but I don't think it would be too crazy to do... Andrew? Comments, corrections, Larting with the clue-bat? ----- Erek Adams "When things get weird, the weird turn pro." H.S. Thompson ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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