When people think of an open source IDS, they usually think of Snort. Bro is another open source IDS that is more than just an IDS. It is a Network Security Monitor that does so much more. Matt Domko joins me this week to talk about Bropy, a tool he built that works with Bro to help perform anomaly detection. This is definitely a tool you will want to have in your bag of tricks. Some links of interest:


  • Bro Homepage: https://www.bro.org/
  • Bropy: https://github.com/hashtagcyber/bropy
  • Matt's Twitter: @Hashtagcyber
  • Matt's Bropy Talk at Security Onion Con: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzFNOuaYc0g

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