[Bro-Dev] Comparing records

Vern Paxson vern at icir.org
Sat Feb 19 09:51:44 PST 2011


> it seems that I can't compare records for equality in Bro. Right?

Correct.

> Is there any way to do this (other than comparing each element individually
> or writing a bif-function for it)

No existing support for it.  In what context do you want to do this?
Note that given the open-ended nature of records (e.g., they can include
tables, and/or require evalution of default entries), such comparison
is complex to support in a fully general fashion.

		Vern


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