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

[Jon Siwek (JIRA)]

    [ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1143?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15904#comment-15904 ] 

Jon Siwek commented on BIT-1143:
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merge-ready version is still topic/jsiwek/file-signatures in bro, 3rdparty, bro-testing, and bro-testing-private

> 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: Robin Sommer
>             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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