[Oisf-wg-configuration_language] Configuration Structure

[Jason Ish]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Nick Rogness <oisf at rogness.net> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> 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??


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.

Jason
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