MS ruleset file sizes

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

> >So whats the current limitation, how long could those files be ? :)

> As I have said elsewhere, the best approach for large config files is to
> slurp them all in from a database at startup time, then look them up in
> local hash tables at run time. I can't see tens of thousands causing much
> of a problem. There is no hard-wired limit at all.

I'll do some filed testing with large lists soon, will post some reports
on the list when i am ready.

Thanks,
Raymond.