[Bro-Dev] Unique connection ID for bro <-> logging framework

[Gregor Maier]

Hi,

I was wondering whether it would make sense to assign each connection an
ID that's unique for this bro run. This ID can just be a 64-bit counter
that gets incremented on every new connection.

Why: If we add this ID to log outputs, it would be much easier to
correlate activity across logs (e.g., find the connection in http.log,
alarm.log, and conn.log, without having to match 5-tuples and timestamps)

I think this would be a rather nice (and very easy to implement) feature.

Cluster considerations: maybe add a nodeID or something to the
connection ID. E.g., in the high-order 8 or 16 bits.


Thoughts?
Comments?
cu
Gregor
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