SeekingAlpha: Will Snort Bring in the Dough? Reading Between the Lines on Sourcefire's IPO

"Network intrusion detection company Sourcefire faces a number of challenges but one of its biggest may be making a buck from an open source security project dubbed Snort.

"Sourcefire is expected to launch an initial public offering this week with shares priced between $12 and $14. The IPO will give a good indicator of demand for security companies. Sourcefire is the first pure play security company to go public since 2002. The company, which makes a family of network security products designed to discover threats in real-time, is offering nearly 5.8 million shares..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• PC World: Flaw Allows Malicious Hackers to Take Control of Snort(Feb 21, 2007)
• LinuxInsider: Open Source Security Player Sourcefire Going Public(Oct 31, 2006)
• ZDNet UK: Open Source Security Push Gets $20m(Jun 03, 2006)
• InformationWeek: Sourcefire Has Big Plans For Open-Source Snort(Apr 26, 2006)