by Christian Kreibich | Jul 13, 2023 | 6.0, development, release, Zeek
The Zeek team is proud to announce the release of Zeek 6! Work on this release began in February and comprises around 720 commits in 210 PRs. We’re deeply grateful to our contributors in this release cycle, including Jan Grashöfer, Eldon Koyle, Michael Torres, and...
by Christian Kreibich | Mar 6, 2023 | 5.2, development, release, Zeek
The Zeek team is proud to announce the release of Zeek 5.2, starting the final line of feature releases in the 5.x cycle. Development on 5.2 began in late September 2022 and has included some 660 commits, 178 PRs, and external contributions from the teams at Microsoft...
by Benjamin Bannier | Nov 30, 2022 | development, Scripting, Zeek
The typical experience of developing in a programming language has changed substantially since the time Zeek script was first introduced in the mid 90s. Today users rightfully expect an inclusive environment with approachable ways to interact with the community, and...
by Johanna Amann | Jun 1, 2012 | 2.1, development, input, preview
Bro now features a flexible input framework that allows users to import data into Bro. Data is either read into Bro tables or converted to events which can then be handled by scripts. The input framework is merged into the git master and we will give a short summary...
by Robin Sommer | May 25, 2012 | 2.1, development, logging, preview
Bro’s default ASCII log format is not exactly the most efficient way for storing and searching large volumes of data. An an alternative, Bro 2.1 will come with experimental support for DataSeries output, an efficient binary format for recording structured bulk...
by Daniel Thayer | May 18, 2012 | 2.1, development, preview
The upcoming Bro 2.1 release includes major improvements to its IPv6 support. IPv6 is enabled by default and no longer needs any special configuration. IPv6 has been fully integrated into all parts of Bro including protocol analysis and the scripting language. Some of...