AOL Moloch: open-source, large scale, packet-capturing, indexing database system

Post by runawaybottle » Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

finnthehuman wrote: post #16

ignoramous wrote: post #3

Not the greatest choice of name: Moloch[a] (also Molech, Mollok, Milcom, or Malcam) is the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice, through fire or war. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch

Why not? That's a pretty metal name. Don't tell me anyone still has appetite for yet another saccharine cutesy-wutesy "yay software squee " name.

Post by solarkraft » Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 9:55 PM UTC

gyehuda wrote: post #27

yingw787 wrote: post #4

This is cool, thanks for sharing! I'll be honest, I didn't think AOL did anything...interesting...but this is interesting to me! What are some open-source alternatives / analogues to this product?

Sorta like https://www.wireshark.org/ . But Moloch is a very active project, used by many, and used internally at Verizon Media. Aol is part of Verizon Media (which brought AOL and Yahoo together). Open source is very active here. ;-) Compare also to https://enterprise.verizon.com/products/security/advanced-th... (formerly known as Protectwise), which is not open source.

Post by gyehuda » Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 10:00 PM UTC

Post by nerdbaggy » Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

awsanswers wrote: post #17

AOL github account's location is Dulles, VA. Thinking of what this does, the name's meaning and its location in 'the corridor' is giving me the creeps

Post by simlevesque » Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 10:08 PM UTC

pnathan wrote: post #5

ignoramous wrote: post #3

Not the greatest choice of name: Moloch[a] (also Molech, Mollok, Milcom, or Malcam) is the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice, through fire or war. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch

That was my immediate thought as well. Profoundly and deeply unsavory.