diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/analyzer/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/analyzer/README
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+The analyzer framework allows to dynamically enable or disable Bro's
+protocol analyzers, as well as to manage the well-known ports which
+automatically activate a particular analyzer for new connections.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/README
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+The cluster framework provides for establishing and controlling a cluster
+of Bro instances.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/communication/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/communication/README
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+The communication framework facilitates connecting to remote Bro or
+Broccoli instances to share state and transfer events.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/control/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/control/README
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+The control framework provides the foundation for providing "commands"
+that can be taken remotely at runtime to modify a running Bro instance
+or collect information from the running instance.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/dpd/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/dpd/README
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+The DPD (dynamic protocol detection) activates port-independent protocol
+detection and selectively disables analyzers if protocol violations occur.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/files/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/files/README
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+The file analysis framework provides an interface for driving the analysis
+of files, possibly independent of any network protocol over which they're
+transported.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/input/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/input/README
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+The input framework provides a way to read previously stored data either as
+an event stream or into a Bro table.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/intel/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/intel/README
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+The intelligence framework provides a way to store and query intelligence
+data (such as IP addresses or strings). Metadata can also be associated
+with the intelligence.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/README
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+The logging framework provides a flexible key-value based logging interface.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/packet-filter/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/packet-filter/README
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+The packet filter framework supports how Bro sets its BPF capture filter.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/software/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/software/README
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+The software framework doesn't do software version detection and parsing
+itself, but instead relies on other protocol specific scripts to parse out
+software from the protocols they analyze.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/sumstats/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/sumstats/README
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+The summary statistics framework provides a way to summarize large streams
+of data into simple reduced measurements.
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/tunnels/README b/scripts/base/frameworks/tunnels/README
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+The tunnels framework handles the tracking/logging of tunnels (e.g. Teredo,
+AYIYA, or IP-in-IP such as 6to4 where "IP" is either IPv4 or IPv6).