Bro Network Security Monitor

Re:Bro Network Security Monitor by bri3d on Monday June 09, 2014 @12:57PM (#7869254)

Here's the original paper where the project is described:

http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/bro-CN99.html

The name is short for "big brother" - an Orwell reference.

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Re:Bro Network Security Monitor by tptacek on Monday June 09, 2014 @01:00PM (#7869266)

That paper is from 1999, but Bro probably predates that; I talked to Vern in person about Bro when we wrote our 1998 "Insertion Evasion" paper --- Vern had independently discovered many of the same design flaws we did and captured them in the Bro paper.

Vern Paxson is extraordinarily serious; he was part of the LBL network research group team, alongside Van Jacobsen and Steve McCanne and Sally Floyd. That was one of the most famous network research teams in... well, the history of the Internet.

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Re:Bro Network Security Monitor by gonzo on Monday June 09, 2014 @01:13PM (#7869321)

let's not forget Craig Leres.

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Re:Bro Network Security Monitor by krakensden on Monday June 09, 2014 @01:00PM (#7869263)

Additionally, the name predates brosteria by several years.

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