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Addign a file NEWS with release notes.

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Release Notes
=============
This document summarizes the most important changes in the current Bro
release. For a complete list of changes, see the ``CHANGES`` file.
Bro 2.0
-------
As the version number jump suggests, Bro 2.0 is a major upgrade and
lots of things have changed. We have assembled a separate upprade
guide with the most important changes compared to Bro 1.5 at
http://www.bro-ids.org/documentation/upgrade.bro.html. You can find
the offline version of that document in ``doc/upgrade.rst.``.
Compared to the earlier 2.0 Beta version, the major changes in the
final release are:
* The default scripts now come with complete reference
documentation. See
http://www.bro-ids.org/documentation/index.html.
* libz and libmagic are now required dependencies.
* Reduced snaplen default from 65535 to old default of 8192. The
large value was introducing performance problems on many
systems.
* Replaced the --snaplen/-l command line option with a
scripting-layer option called "snaplen". The new option can also
be redefined on the command line, e.g. ``bro -i eth0
snaplen=65535``.
* Reintroduced the BRO_LOG_SUFFIX environment that the ASCII
logger now respects to add a suffix to the log files it creates.
* The ASCII logs now include further header information, and
fields set to an empty value are now logged as ``(empty)`` by
default (instead of ``-``, which is already used for fields that
are not set at all).
* Some NOTICES were renamed, and the signatures of some SSL events
have changed.
* Many smaller bug fixes, portability improvements, and general
polishing.

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Bro is a powerful framework for network analysis and security
monitoring. Please see the INSTALL file for installation instructions
and pointers for getting started. For more documentation, research
publications, and community contact information, see Bro's home page:
and pointers for getting started. NEWS contains releases notes for the
current version, and CHANGES has the complete history of changes.
Please see COPYING for licensing information.
For more documentation, research publications, and community contact
information, please see Bro's home page:
http://www.bro-ids.org
Please see COPYING for licensing information.
On behalf of the Bro Development Team,
Vern Paxson & Robin Sommer,