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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. Careers? by cp4 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Clicked on Careers and don't see anything for Linux zealots...

    Technical Writer and Marketing Manager don't quite fit the bill.

    Am I looking in the wrong place?

  2. And also useful... by User+956 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm sure some of you would prefer the Windows version of Snort, put together by Silicon defense.

    --
    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  3. Re:Step two revealed by wessto · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is evident in Sun's iPlanet suite of application servers. You can get the entire enterprise edition of the server as a command-line set of tools absolutely free, however the nice GUI's for application deployment, monitoring and configuration will cost you.

  4. Re:Snort Slashdotted. by Col.+Panic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just in case you were somewhat serious, yes! You can use a load balancer and tap even 1 Gb traffic.

  5. Demarc by checkitout · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you're checking out snort for the first time, I highly recommend using Demarc PureSecure which is free as in beer (aka for personal use). It's by far the best front end for snort, and does host based checks as well.

    The screenshots are mouthwatering. :)