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

[Seth Hall (JIRA)]

    [ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1143?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15901#comment-15901 ] 

Seth Hall commented on BIT-1143:
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Everything looked ok to me when I was playing with it.  I think it's probably ready to be merged.

> Investigate replacing libmagic w/ signatures for file identificaiton
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>                 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
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> 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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