dan (ddp) wrote:
> So these ones will only get updates when new versions of OSSEC are
> released? It seems to me that if they're that wide spread, they should
> be potentially updated more frequently.

No, they should definitely be in the separate git repo, but whatever the
most current version is would be added to a new release.

> I doubt that the OpenBSD and Solaris rules are that important for most
> networks. And everyone uses exchange, so postfix and sendmail can be
> cut. telnetd isn't used by anyone anymore, so I disagree that it's
> necessary. VMWare isn't on every network, so it also seems a bit
> greedy.

I was trying to be inclusive.  Exchange wasn't in there because it's not
a default on any base OS install.  postfix and sendmail are, though.
Yeah, telnetd is probably a stretch.

> You can add more. I think we're planning on breaking them out into
> their own files after 2.8(?).

Cool.  I'm not up on the latest feature list..  Life is too busy sometimes.

> http://ossec-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/syntax/head_ossec_config.rules.html#element-decoder
> and
> http://ossec-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/syntax/head_ossec_config.rules.html#element-decoder_dir
> 
> The work that's been done to break decoders out was (I assume) the
> first step in moving the rules and decoders to their own repository
> (like is done with other IDSes).

Excellent!

> In the end I don't really care how it's done. I'm rarely allowed to
> keep an installation around long enough for my rules to make it
> anywhere.

That's unfortunate..

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