From johanna at icir.org Thu Aug 18 14:12:14 2016 From: johanna at icir.org (Johanna Amann) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:12:14 -0700 Subject: [Bro-Announce] Bro 2.5 Beta available Message-ID: <20160818211214.GA86796@Beezling.local> The beta version for Bro 2.5 is now available for testing and can be downloaded at: https://bro.org/download/index.html Binary packages also are available at: https://bro.org/download/beta-packages.html Some of the notable changes since the 2.4 release are: - Bro now includes the NetControl framework. This framework allows easy interaction with hard- and software switches, firewalls, etc. - Support for the SMB protocol (SMB1 and SMB2), including GSSAPI and NTLM. - Support for the remote framebuffer protocol (RFB), that is used by VNC servers for remote graphical display. - The Intelligence framework was refactored and extended. It now supports, for example subnet indicators and item deletion/expiration. For more information see the NEWS and CHANGES files: https://www.bro.org/documentation/beta/NEWS.bro.html https://www.bro.org/documentation/beta/CHANGES.bro.txt Feel free to use this mailing list or the bug tracker (tracker.bro.org) to provide feedback or report problems. Johanna From johanna at icir.org Thu Nov 3 11:19:29 2016 From: johanna at icir.org (Johanna Amann) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 11:19:29 -0700 Subject: [Bro-Announce] Bro 2.5 Beta2 available Message-ID: <20161103181929.lzd4izsdtpzvl74p@Beezling.local> The second beta for Bro 2.5 is now available for testing and can be downloaded at: https://bro.org/download/index.html Binary packages are also available at: https://bro.org/download/beta-packages.html If you already installed the binary packages of the earlier beta, the new beta version can be installed by an invoking the update functionality of the package manager of your distribution. The notable changes since the first 2.5 beta are: - Lots of fixes for the SMB analuyzer. Note that the SMB analyzer still is disabled by default. - Support for (draft) TLS 1.3 - Lots of various small fixes in Bro and Broctl. For more information see the NEWS and CHANGES files: https://www.bro.org/documentation/beta/NEWS.bro.html https://www.bro.org/documentation/beta/CHANGES.bro.txt Feel free to use this mailing list or the bug tracker (tracker.bro.org) to provide feedback or report problems. We are happy to receive feedback and expect only minor changes before the release. Johanna From robin at icir.org Thu Nov 17 14:52:45 2016 From: robin at icir.org (Robin Sommer) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:52:45 -0800 Subject: [Bro-Announce] Bro 2.5 released Message-ID: <20161117225245.GA35591@icir.org> We are very happy to announce the release of Bro v2.5. The new version is now available for download, see the blog posting for more: http://blog.bro.org/2016/11/bro-25-released.html Thanks to everybody providing feedback during the beta period! Robin -- Robin Sommer * ICSI/LBNL * robin at icir.org * www.icir.org/robin