[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1530) protocol_confirmation event cannot be hooked by plugin

[Johanna Amann (JIRA)]

     [ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1530?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Johanna Amann updated BIT-1530:
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    Fix Version/s: 2.5

> protocol_confirmation event cannot be hooked by plugin
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BIT-1530
>                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1530
>             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
>          Issue Type: Problem
>          Components: Bro
>    Affects Versions: 2.4
>            Reporter: Jeff Barber
>             Fix For: 2.5
>
>
> The way the 'protocol_confirmation' event is raised bypasses the plugin event-hook mechanism. Plugin event hooks are triggered via EventMgr.QueueEvent which is in the usual event generation interface. However, protocol_confirmation is generated via this code in src/analyzer/Analyzer.cc:
> {{
>         // We immediately raise the event so that the analyzer can quickly
>         // react if necessary.
>         ::Event* e = new ::Event(protocol_confirmation, vl, SOURCE_LOCAL);
>         mgr.Dispatch(e);
> }}
> The EventMgr.Dispatch method doesn't invoke the hook so at present it's not possible for a plugin to hook this event. It would be nice if this were orthogonal with other events.



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