OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide by Andrew Hay, Daniel Cid, Rory Bray

OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide



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OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide Andrew Hay, Daniel Cid, Rory Bray ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 335
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 159749240X, 9781597492409


This article shows how to install and run OSSEC HIDS, an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. I mentioned host-based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) but didn't look at any specific examples. It runs on most operating OSSEC for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and Windows Server 2003, 2008: ossec-agent-win32-2.7.exe. It helps you detect attacks, software misuse, . If you're interested in such a solution you can always let us know and we'd work with you to get something implemented. 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. Syngress.OSSEC.Host.Based.Intrusion.Detection.Guide.Feb. HIDS afterwards: /etc/init.d/ossec restart. Join Andrew Hay, author of the OSSEC Host-based Intrusion Detection Guide, Nagios 3 Enterprise Network Monitoring, and the Nokia Firewall , VPN, and IPSO Configuration Guide . # tar -zxvf ossec-hids-*.tar.gz # cd ossec-hids-* # ./install. A very viable solution for this is the implementation of OSSEC – host-based intrusion detection tool. Extract the compressed package and run the “./install.sh” script (It will guide you through the installation). While randomly browsing the TechRepublic.com software archives, I came across OSSEC HIDS. In order to learn how to add custom rulesets, etc. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, rootkit detection, time-based alerting and active response.

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