Re: [pcre-dev] Help concerning conversion of PCRE to DFA

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Sudheer P
CC: pcre-dev
Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] Help concerning conversion of PCRE to DFA
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010, Sudheer P wrote:

> I am a graduate trying to implement Snort pattern matching on Graphics
> Processing Unit and wanted to convert the PCRE to DFA and perform the actual
> matching on GPU. Just wanted to know whether your library helps me in
> getting the DFA states.


No, I don't think it does. It compiles into its own private internal
format, not a formal DFA.

Philip

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