[Bro] Poll: Bro deployments

Kevin Lo kevlo at kevlo.org
Sat Jan 23 02:16:41 PST 2010


On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 15:51 -0600, Vijay Sankar wrote:
> Robin Sommer wrote:
> > Hello Sites Using Bro,
> > 
> > We'd like to ask for your help. We're in the process of preparing a
> > major funding proposal for improving Bro, focused on: improving the
> > end-user experience (things like comprehensive documentation,
> > polishing rough edges, fixing bugs); and improving performance.
> > 
> > This looks like a potentially excellent opportunity. However, a
> > major element of winning the funding is convincingly demonstrating
> > to the funders that Bro is already well-established across a large &
> > diverse user community.
> > 
> > To develop that framing, we'd like to ask as many of you folks as
> > possible to fill out the small questionaire below. Please send the
> > replies to Robin personally, not to the list (just replying to this
> > mail should do the right thing). Assuming sufficient feedback, we'll
> > post an anonymized summary to the list.
> > 
> > (Of course we already know about many of you, but collecting this
> > information more systematically will allow us to put together a
> > better overall view of the Bro community.)
> > 
> > Thanks a lot in advance, 
> > 
> > Vern and Robin
> > 
> > --------- Please send to robin at icir.org -----------------------------
> > 
> > 1.  Name of deployment site [optional]: ForeTell Technologies Limited and two customer sites
> > 
> > 2.  We are using Bro
> > 
> >     [ ] not yet, but we plan to
> >     [X] experimentally
> >     [X] operationally 
> > 
> > 3.  We have done so for about _3_ years.
> > 
> > 4.  Our site is best described as 
> > 
> >     [ ] Academia
> >     [ ] Research Lab
> >     [ ] Government
> >     [X] Industry
> >     [X] Other (please explain) Customer Sites
> > 
> > 5.  In its current use, Bro monitors about _600_ systems.
> > 
> > 6.  Would you be fine with us listing your site by name as a Bro user?
> > 
> >     [ ] Yes, however you wish.
> >     [ ]] Yes in private to the funders in your grant application, but not publicly.
> >     [X] No, please use this information only in an anonymized form.
> > 
> > 7.  Optionally, list up to three improvements you would like to see
> >     in the "Bro world":
> 
> 1) Better documentation
> 2) Guidance on best practices
> 3) Better Support for OpenBSD

Bro runs fine on OpenBSD. If you want to help, please test an updated
diff of bro that I sent on ports@ and feedback to me, thanks!

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=126295957409387&w=2

	Kevin




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