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Snort Creator Makes Good

Posted by timothy on from the no-bayou-or-weaseling-required dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "Robin Miller, aka Roblimo, has written a great analysis of one of the first Open Source companies to be profitable before their IPO, Sourcefire! In this 'local boy makes good', we read about Team Fortress-playing programmer Marty Roesch, who writes Snort to beat his online gaming addiction. Now Snort is one of the most successful Intrusion Detection Systems out there and Marty's start-up is going gangbusters. Robin explains how Marty's company started in his basement (like Apple's garage), got profitable, then got venture capital in a time when everyone swears there is no venture. Marty even offers jobs at Sourcefire for the Slashdot crowd, 'Linux zealots, Open Source gurus, self-starters who are self motivating so I can just turn them loose...'"

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  1. Misread the headline... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and thought it was "Snort Creator Makes God".

    I was like, whoa, cool...

  2. Snort Slashdotted. by MisterBlister · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can it still detect intrusions when its being hit by an infinite number of open source monkeys?

  3. Snort?? by Myshkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a name like snort he is probably making a bunch of money off of people who think they're buying some cocaine.

  4. Good luck. by saintlupus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux zealots, Open Source gurus, self-starters who are self motivating so I can just turn them loose...

    ...are actually off doing something interesting, rather than spending their time fucking about on Slashdot.

    --saint

  5. Re:And also useful... by carlos_benj · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure some of you would prefer the Windows version of Snort

    Would that be 'blow'?

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    As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.

  6. potential jobs? by Hegemony · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man, you HAD to mention that he was hiring. Instantly slashdotted.