preprocessor definition in snort manual!?!?!?

[Derya Sezen <funky () gsu linux org tr>]

Hi,

What does this sentence in snort manual mean!?
"Preprocessors allow the functionality of Snort to be extended by
allowing users and programmers to drop modular "plugins" into Snort
fairly easily."

What kind of "plugins" that it mean? How can we use this function to
make a plugind? Can you give an example to that?!

-- 
Derya Sezen <funky () gsu linux org tr>



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