Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:44:03 -0500 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel Makefile ports/devel/libhtp Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist Message-ID: <20111225024403.GA44237@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <201112250241.pBP2f7EI093779@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <201112250241.pBP2f7EI093779@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 02:41:07AM +0000, Wesley Shields wrote: > wxs 2011-12-25 02:41:07 UTC > > FreeBSD ports repository > > Modified files: > devel Makefile > Added files: > devel/libhtp Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist > Log: > LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol and the related bits > and pieces. The goals of the project, in the order of importance, are as > follows: > > 1. Completeness of coverage; LibHTP must be able to parse virtually all > traffic that is found in practice. > > 2. Permissive parsing; LibHTP must never fail to parse a stream that would > be parsed by some other web server. > > 3. Awareness of evasion techniques; LibHTP must be able to detect and > effectively deal with various evasion techniques, producing, where > practical, identical or practically identical results as the web > server processing the same traffic stream. > > 4. Performance; The performance must be adequate for the desired tasks. > Completeness and security are often detremental to performance. Our > idea of handling the conflicting requirements is to put the library > user in control, allowing him to choose the most desired library > characteristic. > > Author: Ivan Ristic <ivanr@webkreator.com> > WWW: http://www.libhtp.org This port currently conflicts with security/suricata, but I have a PR I just sent in to update suricata to not use it's built in version of this library (along with a general update to that port). I'm intentionally not marking the two as in conflict as it will hopefully just be reverted once the maintainer responds to my PR. -- WXS
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