Episode 25 - Zeek at 30: Vern Paxson on Origins and Enduring Logs (Part 1)
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Vern Paxson, Corelight co-founder and Chief Scientist, to explore Zeek's 30-year journey from a Berkeley Lab research project to a data-rich backbone of modern NDR. They unpack how Zeek evolved from early TCP health measurements into a flexible, scriptable network analysis platform, the value of neutral, long-term logs over real-time alerts, comparisons to intrusion-detection approaches like Snort, and the challenges and opportunities of visibility in enterprise gear.