regex

["Fabio Panigatti" <bio () despammed com>]

How many characters a "*" can match with regex? It seems like 
there's a maximum number of characters after which the regexp 
doesn't match the pattern anymore (about five characters). 
Is it true or I missed something? 
If it is true, is there a compile time option (or a patch) to 
extend this limit?

Only one example: a regex rule 'content: "hello*world";' will
match the string hello1234world but it won't match the string
hello123456world.

I'm sorry, but I'm not skilled enough to fully understand the
c code of the snort sources.


Fabio

PS: yes, I know that my english language skills need a lot of
    improvement too :)


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