[Bro] Poll: Bro deployments

[Blake Mattern]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:09:26PM -0800, 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]: California Institute of Technology.
> 
> 2.  We are using Bro
> 
>     [ ] not yet, but we plan to
>     [x] experimentally
>     [ ] operationally 
> 
> 3.  We have done so for about _6_ months.
> 
> 4.  Our site is best described as 
> 
>     [x] Academia
>     [ ] Research Lab
>     [ ] Government
>     [ ] Industry
>     [ ] Other (please explain)
> 
> 5.  In its current use, Bro monitors about _50_ 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":
>	
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