Building an Internet Security Feeds Service

I produce a set of threat intelligence security feeds compiled from unsolicited communications to a distributed network of Internet systems. The umbrella platform for the project has a home at DataPlane. org where pipe-delimited text-based data feeds are freely available for noncommercial use. Read on for a behind-the-scenes look at how a mix of open source software, leased Internet hosts, and a dash of system administration deliver security feed data to some well-known and widely relied upon security projects and organizations.