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ossec-hids — OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. | Kitploit
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ossec-hids

OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.

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OSSEC v4.3.0

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Information about OSSEC

OSSEC is a full platform to monitor and control your systems. It mixes together all the aspects of HIDS (host-based intrusion detection), log monitoring and SIM/SIEM together in a simple, powerful and open source solution.

Visit our website for the latest information. www.ossec.net

Current Releases

The current stable releases are available on the ossec website.

  • Releases can be downloaded from: Downloads
  • Release documentation is available at: docs

Development

The development version is hosted on GitHub and just a simple git clone away.

Build Status CodeQL

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File Integrity Monitoring

FIM

Attack Detection

SSH Brute Force

Help / Support

Join us on slack, ossec.slack.com: Invites to [email protected]

Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/BXzM75Xzq7

Credits and Thanks

  • OSSEC comes with a modified version of zlib and a small part of openssl (sha1 and blowfish libraries)
  • This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)
  • This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected])
  • This product include software developed by the zlib project (Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler)
  • This product include software developed by the cJSON project (Dave Gamble)
  • Atomicorp hosting the annual OSSEC conference. Presentations for the 2019 conference can be found at https://www.atomicorp.com/ossec-con2019/

License

OSSEC is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).

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