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Introduction to hands-on network monitoring and threat detection with Zeek (formerly Bro).

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120 min

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(formerly Bro) is an open-source and commercial network monitoring tool (traffic analyser).


The official description; (opens in new tab) " (formerly Bro) is the world's leading platform for network security monitoring. Flexible, open-source, and powered by defenders." " is a passive, open-source network traffic analyser. Many operators use as a network security monitor () to support suspicious or malicious activity investigations. also supports a wide range of traffic analysis tasks beyond the security domain, including performance measurement and troubleshooting."


The room aims to provide a general network monitoring overview and work with to investigate captured traffic. This room will expect you to have basic familiarity and Network fundamentals (ports, protocols and traffic data). We suggest completing the "Network Fundamentals" path before starting working in this room. 


A is attached to this room. You don't need or ; the room provides a "Split View" feature. Exercise files are located in the folder on the desktop. Log cleaner script "clear-logs.sh" is available in each exercise folder.


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