RE: Newbie: Snort and external programs

[Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net>]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, you wrote:
> I fail to see why it is more efficient to watch (poll) a log file rather
> than simply calling an external program (or pass information via some sort
> of ipc mechanism).

Because process invocation is expensive on Windoze.

--dr

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