On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Nick Rogness <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oisf@rogness.net">oisf@rogness.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I agree. I use vi exclusively. Xml sucks for this purpose but the industry as a whole has adopted xml for these type of things. Especially if you want other softwares to integrate with the engine in the future.<br>
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Maybe the question should be who is the intended user base in the short and long term? If it is just unix geeks like us, then XML is not the answer. Then again, snort is already built for unix geeks. Is the goal to just develop a snort++ or address a more broad audience??</blockquote>
<div><br>On this note, I think its worth point out that those who may be writing management layers on top of the engine (open source or commercial) will likely appreciate something like XML or YAML over yet another configuration file format. This is probably more important in the primary configuration file rather than the rules.<br>
<br>Jason<br></div></div>