[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1143) Investigate replacing libmagic w/ signatures for file identificaiton

Seth Hall (JIRA) jira at bro-tracker.atlassian.net
Thu Mar 6 12:53:18 PST 2014


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Seth Hall commented on BIT-1143:
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I was already working on this branch, so I'll go ahead and claim it for a day or so while I play around.  It looks really awesome though.

> Investigate replacing libmagic w/ signatures for file identificaiton
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BIT-1143
>                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1143
>             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Bro
>    Affects Versions: git/master
>            Reporter: Jon Siwek
>            Assignee: Seth Hall
>             Fix For: 2.3
>
>
> I think it makes sense to try to make the switch from libmagic to using Bro's own signature engine for file identification before the next release.  Don't want people getting used to magic file format for their own custom file identification rules.



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