Add simple socket to gzip file PoC.

qa/Makefile.am

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SUBDIRS = coccinelle
-EXTRA_DIST = wirefuzz.pl
+EXTRA_DIST = wirefuzz.pl sock_to_gzip_file.py

qa/sock_to_gzip_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#I love the python Power Glove. It's so bad!
+#Usage: sudo -u suricata ./sock_to_gzip_file.py --output-file="http.log.gz" --listen-sock="http.log.sock"
+
+import socket,os
+import gzip
+import sys
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    #Path to the socket
+    parser.add_option("--listen-sock", dest="lsock", type="string", help="Path to the socket we will listen on.")
+    #Path to gzip file we will write
+    parser.add_option("--output-file", dest="output", type="string", help="Path to file name to output gzip file we will write to.")
+
+    #parse the opts
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    options.usage = "example: sudo -u suricata ./sock_to_gzip_file.py --output-file=\"http.log.gz\" --listen-sock=\"http.log.sock\"\n"
+    #Open the output file
+    if options.output:
+        try:
+            f = gzip.open(options.output, 'wb')
+        except Exception,e:
+            print("Error: could not open output file %s:\n%s\n", options.output, e)
+            sys.exit(-1)
+    else:
+        print("Error: --output-file option required and was not specified\n%s" % (options.usage))
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    #Open our socket and bind
+    if options.lsock:
+        if os.path.exists(options.lsock):
+            try:
+                os.remove(options.lsock)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+        try:
+            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            s.bind(options.lsock)
+            s.listen(1)
+            conn, addr = s.accept()
+        except Exception,e:
+            print("Error: Failed to bind socket %s\n%s\n", options.lsock, e)
+            sys.exit(-1)
+    else:
+        print("Error: --listen-sock option required and was not specified\n%s" % (options.usage))
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    #Read data from the socket and write to the file
+    while 1:
+        data = conn.recv(1024)
+        if not data: break
+        f.write(data)
+    conn.close()
+    f.close()