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Feature #3332

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Dynamic Loadable Module/Plugin Support

Added by Jason Ish over 4 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

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Look into supporting dynamically loadable modules in Suricata (aka plugins). Plugins we may want to support could be:
- inputs (example: pf_ring)
- outputs (example: kafka output)
- detection keywords
- app-layer protocols

Ideally plugins will be written in Rust, but I believe for Rust to load a dynamic module it has to follow a C interface, so in plugins could likely be written in C, Rust, C++, etc.

Also look into the possibility of unwinding panic's provided the plugin was written in Rust (see: https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/3333)


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Related to Suricata - Task #3828: pfring support: remove in favor of (externally maintained) pluginNewOISF DevActions
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