[Bro-Dev] Draft API for new communication library
I have been mulling over how an API for a new communication library could look like. In short, the idea is to (1) overhaul Bro's current communication model to make it more flexible and easier to control; and (2) provide the new functionality in the form of a C library that replaces Broccoli yet will also be used by Bro itself (i.e., we;ll no longer have two independent implementations of the same protocol to maintain). Draft is here: http://www.bro.org/development/projects/comm-ng-v2.html Feedback welcome. Robin -- Robin Sommer * Phone +1 (510) 722-6541 * ro...@icir.org ICSI/LBNL* Fax +1 (510) 666-2956 * www.icir.org/robin ___ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev
Re: [Bro-Dev] Draft API for new communication library
http://www.bro.org/development/projects/comm-ng-v2.html Feedback welcome. Would something like Cap'n Proto or Protocol Buffers help in defining/maintaining a serialization format? Never used either, just had a good impression from skimming their docs. - Jon http://kentonv.github.io/capnproto/ https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/ https://code.google.com/p/protobuf-c/ ___ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev
Re: [Bro-Dev] Draft API for new communication library
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 21:54 +, you wrote: Would something like Cap'n Proto or Protocol Buffers help in defining/maintaining a serialization format? I didn't know Cap’n Proto so far but I have been wondering about using Protocol Buffers already as well. We'd have to add another dependency but it would make this stuff quite a bit less cumbersome. Do you know if their C version is well maintained? It looks rather old compared to the standard protobuf distribution. Does Cap'n Proto have a C API? Robin -- Robin Sommer * Phone +1 (510) 722-6541 * ro...@icir.org ICSI/LBNL* Fax +1 (510) 666-2956 * www.icir.org/robin ___ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev
Re: [Bro-Dev] Draft API for new communication library
FWIW, nanopb is a lightweight (read: targeted at embedded devices) C library that is compatible with protobuf. http://koti.kapsi.fi/~jpa/nanopb/ --Gilbert From: bro-dev-boun...@bro.org [bro-dev-boun...@bro.org] On Behalf Of Robin Sommer [ro...@icir.org] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:03 PM To: Siwek, Jonathan Luke Cc: bro-dev@bro.org Subject: Re: [Bro-Dev] Draft API for new communication library On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 21:54 +, you wrote: Would something like Cap'n Proto or Protocol Buffers help in defining/maintaining a serialization format? I didn't know Cap’n Proto so far but I have been wondering about using Protocol Buffers already as well. We'd have to add another dependency but it would make this stuff quite a bit less cumbersome. Do you know if their C version is well maintained? It looks rather old compared to the standard protobuf distribution. Does Cap'n Proto have a C API? Robin -- Robin Sommer * Phone +1 (510) 722-6541 * ro...@icir.org ICSI/LBNL* Fax +1 (510) 666-2956 * www.icir.org/robin ___ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev ___ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev
