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-=============================
-Zeek Network Security Monitor
-=============================
+=================================
+The Zeek Network Security Monitor
+=================================
 
-Zeek is a powerful framework for network analysis and security
-monitoring.
+Zeek is a powerful framework for network traffic analysis and security
+monitoring. Follow us on Twitter at @zeekurity.
 
-(Zeek is the new name for the long-established Bro system. Note that
-parts of the system retain the "Bro" name, and it also often appears in
-the documentation and distributions.)
+Key Features
+============
 
-Please see the INSTALL file for installation instructions and pointers
-for getting started.  NEWS contains release notes for the current
-version, and CHANGES has the complete history of changes.  Please see
-COPYING for licensing information.
+*   **In-depth Analysis**
+    Zeek ships with analyzers for many protocols, enabling
+    high-level semantic analysis at the application layer.
 
-You can download source and binary releases on:
+*   **Adaptable & Flexible**
+    Zeek's domain specific scripting language enables site-specific
+    monitoring policies and means that it is not restricted to any
+    particular detection approach.
 
-    https://www.zeek.org/download
+*   **Efficient**
+    Zeek targets high-performance networks and is used operationally
+    at a variety of large sites.
 
-To get the current development version, clone our master git
-repository:
+*   **Highly Stateful**
+    Zeek keeps extensive application-layer state about the network
+    it monitors and provides a high-level archive of a network's
+    activity.
 
-    git clone --recursive https://github.com/zeek/zeek
+Getting Started
+===============
 
-For more documentation, research publications, and community contact
-information, please see the home page:
+The best place to find information about getting started with Zeek is
+our web site https://www.zeek.org, specifically the documentation
+section there [1]. One the web site you can also get downloads for
+stable releases, tutorials on getting Zeek set up, and many other
+useful resources.
 
-    https://www.zeek.org
+You can find release notes in NEWS, and a complete record of all
+changes in CHANGES.
 
-On behalf of the Zeek Development Team,
+To work with the most recent code from the development branch of Zeek,
+clone the master git repository:
+
+    > git clone --recursive https://github.com/zeek/zeek
+
+With all dependencies [2] in place, build and install:
+
+    > ./configure && make && sudo make install
+
+Write your first Zeek script:
+
+    # File "hello.zeek"
+
+    event zeek_init
+        {
+        print "Hello, World!";
+        }
+
+And run it:
+
+    > zeek hello.zeek
+
+For learning more about the Zeek scripting language,
+https://try.zeek.org is a great resource.
+
+Development
+===========
+
+Zeek is developed on GitHub by its community. We welcome
+contributions. Working on an open source project like Zeek can be an
+incredibly rewarding experience and, packet by packet, makes the
+Internet a little safer. Today, as a result of countless
+contributions, Zeek is used operationally around the world by major
+companies and educational and scientific institutions alike for
+securing their cyber infrastructure.
+
+If you're interested in getting involved, we collect feature requests
+and issues on GitHub. More information on Zeek's development can be
+found here [2], and information about its community and mailing lists
+(which are fairly active) can be found here [3].
+
+License
+-------
+
+Zeek comes with a BSD license, allowing for free use with virtually no
+restrictions. You can find it in COPYING.
+
+
+[1] https://www.zeek.org/documentation/index.html
+[2] https://docs.zeek.org/en/stable/install/install.html
+[3] https://www.zeek.org/development/index.html
+[4] https://www.zeek.org/community/index.html
 
-Vern Paxson & Robin Sommer,
-International Computer Science Institute &
-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
-vern@icir.org / robin@icir.org