# Sending Packets via Broker

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/sending-packets-via-broker/5817>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** development\
**Created:** [August 26, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sending-packets-via-broker/5817 "2019-08-26T13:22:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Grigorescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Vlad\_Grigorescu](https://community.zeek.org/u/Vlad_Grigorescu)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sending-packets-via-broker/5817/1 "2019-08-26T13:22:46Z")

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Master has code for setting up the cluster framework with time machine nodes, and is\_external\_connection is a BIF that determines if a connection has been received from an external source, but in Broker, I don’t see how I would send a packet into the Zeek packet processing system.

Does such functionality exist? Or was it planned to be added later but still needs to be implemented?

Thanks,

–Vlad

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Siwek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jon\_Siwek](https://community.zeek.org/u/Jon_Siwek)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sending-packets-via-broker/5817/2 "2019-08-26T16:46:50Z")

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Sending packets doesn't exist anymore with Broker. Shouldn't be any  
trickier to re-implement than before, but just don't think it's on any  
near-term roadmap.

- Jon

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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, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sending-packets-via-broker/5817/3 "2022-05-06T15:46:43Z")

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