# The net/bro port

## bro-1.4p6 – highly flexible sniffer/NIDS

## Description

    Bro is an open-source, Unix-based Network Intrusion Detection
    System (NIDS) that passively monitors network traffic and looks
    for suspicious activity.

WWW: https://www.bro.org/

Categories:
  net security

## Library dependencies

- devel/libmagic
- net/GeoIP

## Build dependencies

- devel/autoconf/2.59
- devel/metaauto

## Run dependencies