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Securing Your Server With A Host-based Intrusion Detection System This article shows how to install and run OSSEC HIDS, an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, rootkit detection, time-based alerting and active response. It helps you detect attacks, software misuse, policy violations and other forms of inappropriate activities.

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Hi,

thanks for this tutorial! You could add description for installation of "ossec web ui" - http://www.ossec.net/dcid/?p=17

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The installation for the web ui following the instructions on the ossec website didn't work for me. But this tutorial did, so thank you. My network now runs several clients that are all "big brothered" by ossec.

 Grtz

By: Ahmed

good howto , but please check the link to the source its not working anymore

By: Anonymous

The latest version has a new plugin for wordpress.

An excellent addition.

 

By: Phill

The version as at the date of this comment is 2.1.1 replace ossec-hids-0.9-1a.tar.gz with ossec-hids-2.1.1.tar.gz You can check the latest version at http://www.ossec.net/main/downloads/ A fantastically clear how-to, Many Thanks, Phill.