[OISF/outreachy] Introduction - Blithe

[Jason Ish]

Hello Blithe,

Welcome to our mailing list.

On 2020-10-08 1:27 p.m., Blithe Brandon via Outreachy wrote:
> Hi Suricata team,
> 
> I’m Blithe Brandon, a new Outreachy applicant. I’ve subscribed to the
> mailing list, registered on Redmine (blithe), and am reviewing
> Outreachy/Python issues. I’m interested in getting more involved in
> Infosec and love Python.
> 
> I’m running MacOS, have used Ubuntu and other Linux flavors in the past,
> and am comfortable with terminal (apt-get, etc). Will I be able to work
> on Suricata issues using my current OS or do you recommend I run a
> Ubuntu vm or a dual-boot?

While Suricata and Suricata-Verify could be developed on MacOS, none of
the mentors in our group actually run on this combination, so you may
run into setup issues we can't immediately help with - and I believe any
MacOS install guides you may find may be out of date. So for that alone
I'd suggest running in an Ubuntu VM, or whatever flavour of Linux you
choose.

> 
> Also, I’m interested in working on suricata-verify issue 3144
> https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/3144

I've granted you access in Redmine to self-assign that issue to
yourself. Please note that this will require building Suricata as well.
 You will not need to install it, but just build it as Suricata-Verify
is designed to test Suricata in the source directory.

Jason