# Bro Binary without debugging symbols

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-binary-without-debugging-symbols/880>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-binary-without-debugging-symbols/880 "2005-09-30T00:35:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nuno\_romano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@nuno\_romano](https://community.zeek.org/u/nuno_romano)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-binary-without-debugging-symbols/880/1 "2005-09-30T00:35:22Z")

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Well,the bro0.9 binary after being stripped down,  
without debugging symbols is now approximately  
1.8 Mb(1839856).Does this have any significant  
positive impact in terms of performance of bro?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Kreibich3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Christian\_Kreibich3](https://community.zeek.org/u/Christian_Kreibich3)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-binary-without-debugging-symbols/880/2 "2005-09-30T19:21:49Z")

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I may be simplifying the issue a bit, but as far as I know, no. The  
symbol tables removed by strip are only a convenience for situations  
like debugging and do not affect normal program execution.

Cheers,  
Christian.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-binary-without-debugging-symbols/880/3 "2022-05-06T15:37:42Z")

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