The OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of OSSEC version 1.6.
OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, Windows registry monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. It runs on most operating systems, including Linux, *BSD, MacOS, Solaris and Windows. This new version delivers the most comprehensive update to OSSEC in its history, with numerous new features and bug fixes, including: * New multi-server architecture * New platform support for Microsoft Vista (and Server 2008) * New platform support for VMware ESX * Added active response module for Windows * CIS benchmarks on Linux (through the policy auditing) * Added the VMWare Security hardening guideline to the policy auditing * Added support for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise logs * Added support for VMware ESX hostd logs * Added support for Mac OS FTP server logs * New tools to better manage the data stored (syscheck_control, rootcheck_control, log_test) And much moreĀ More information: http://www.ossec.net/main/ossec-v16-released Download it from: http://www.ossec.net/main/downloads . Thanks, -- Daniel B. Cid dcid ( at ) ossec.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out quickly and easily by testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Go to http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=Form&action=impact&campaign=intro_sfw to learn more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
