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Subject: performance problem in regex
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Hi all,
I've got some performance hit using regex in libc on freebsd 6.3. I've 
done some test whit the patterns that l7-filter [http://l7-filter.sf.net] use 
to recognize level 7 internet protocol. For example, with the skypeout pattern, 
regexec() takes more tha 0.1 sec to do its work. Is this a know problem?
Thanks 
in advance,
Fulvio Esposito