Re: Question about Modified Wu-Manber (MWM) algorithm

[Russ <rucombs () cisco com>]

Comments below.

On 9/14/15 10:37 PM, 최병권 wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> I'm Byungkwon and a graduate student at KAIST, Korea.
> I have invented new multi-pattern matching algorithm.
Are you planning to implement your algorithm in Snort?  Snort++ makes 
this considerably easier to do.
> I have a question about Modified Wu-Manber (MWM) algorithm.
> As I know, the MWM had been included in Snort from 2.0 to 2.6 and it 
> was excluded from Snort 2.7.
>
> When I measured the performance of MWM and compared it to that of AC 
> (Aho-Corasick),
> It shows pretty good performance and sometimes better performance than AC.
>  (different according to workloads and rulesets)
>
> *What is the reason why MWM was excluded from Snort?*
Check this out: http://sourceforge.net/p/snort/mailman/message/12248544/.
> I hope you to answer at your earliest convenience.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
> Yours,
> Byungkwon Choi
>
>
>
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