# timing out Bro state

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/timing-out-bro-state/263>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [July 17, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/timing-out-bro-state/263 "2002-07-17T07:02:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![shi\_wu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@shi\_wu](https://community.zeek.org/u/shi_wu)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/timing-out-bro-state/263/1 "2002-07-17T07:02:05Z")

</div>

Dear vern:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Do you have added the code of Robin Sommer's code

about timing out Bro state , or Could tell me how  
timing out Bro state fast? pipeline? UNIX pipe? let  
another process do these work?  
thanks  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wushi  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2002/7/17

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/timing-out-bro-state/263/2 "2002-07-17T22:05:53Z")

</div>

It works on the script level: There are table attributes that you  
can use to specify how long entries are to be kept. Expired entries  
are then removed from the table automatically.

This will be included in the next release of Bro.

Robin

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/timing-out-bro-state/263/3 "2022-05-06T15:36:32Z")

</div>