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Re:The Bro Network Security Monitor by dang on Saturday May 10, 2014 @05:02PM (#7726846)
Their email archive goes back to 1998. Presumably the name wasn't a troll 15 years ago?
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Re:The Bro Network Security Monitor by Tokala on Saturday May 10, 2014 @05:10PM (#7726864)
It is a reference to ``1984" and Big Brother. Their naming choice was mentioned in the original paper about it from 1999: http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/bro-CN99.html
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Re:The Bro Network Security Monitor by jimminy on Saturday May 10, 2014 @05:09PM (#7726862)
Fair enough. I'm guessing it was people reacting to the title.
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