#1016: Option to extend uids to 128 bit ------------------------+----------------------------- Reporter: rhave | Type: Feature Request Status: new | Priority: Low Milestone: Bro2.2 | Component: Bro Version: git/master | Keywords: ------------------------+----------------------------- Bro's uids are currently 64 bits, which makes them collide with a 50% chance after 5.1 x 10^9^ different uids (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem#Probability_table).
I'm currently generating uuids of 128 bit to replace the native uids in bro, as I'm using them as keys in a database, but this requires rewriting of the bro-logs. I suspect that more people could benefit from an option to extend the uids to 128 bit. I've made a quick and dirty patch to change most of the uids to 128 bit (file_analysis uids are missing). The patch is ugly, and is only to show some of the functionality I would like: http://pastebin.com/GkaGejNc -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.bro.org/bro/ticket/1016> Bro Tracker <http://tracker.bro.org/bro> Bro Issue Tracker _______________________________________________ bro-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev
