> On 16 Dec 2014, at 12:12, Jesse Bowling <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Dec 16, 2014, at 04:00, Alfredo Cardigliano <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> If your snort instances are consuming too slowly, incoming packets are being 
>> discarded. Snort is able to read stats about discarded packets through the 
>> DAQ-ZC.
> 
> So the model is for the app to check on packet loss through the ZC API?

Correct

> I'm thinking of the multitude of apps that do not have a DAQ middle piece 
> (Argus, Bro, etc) but are simply being compile against libpcap; it seems the 
> above model is at best a break with the long standing tradition…

Applications on top of libpcap will read stats through libpcap, no break.

Alfredo

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jesse
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