From c7d86d62a4b1bc49b8186e3c1f0081c979a9dc85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Grover <seth.d.grover@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:50:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] for cisagov/Malcolm#457, fix processing of other log types

---
 shared/bin/pcap_processor.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shared/bin/pcap_processor.py b/shared/bin/pcap_processor.py
index 7e9430f27..843d634d8 100755
--- a/shared/bin/pcap_processor.py
+++ b/shared/bin/pcap_processor.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 try:
     from suricata_socket import SuricataSocketClient
 except ImportError:
-    SuricataSocketClient = None
+    # this will blow up later on instantiation, of course
+    SuricataSocketClient = object
 
 ###################################################################################################
 MAX_WORKER_PROCESSES_DEFAULT = 1