On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Andrew Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I am also interested in this topic. If I am understanding it correctly, each > time OSSEC scans a client, it essentially creates a list of metadata for > each matching file (including filesize, modification time, md5sum, sha1sum, > filename, etc). From what I can see, this data is stored in > /var/ossec/queue/syscheck/<hostname> and the format is documented here: > http://marc.info/?l=ossec-list&m=135842957311803&w=2 > > What happens with each subsequent scan? I would guess that OSSEC keeps at > least the previous scan around and then diffs it with the most recent scan > to see which files have been modified. If so, where is each subsequent scan > stored on the OSSEC manager server? For example, is it something like this: >
Nope. New or updated entries are added to the file. Old entries are commented out. > /var/ossec/queue/syscheck/<hostname> (most recent scan) > /var/ossec/queue/syscheck/<hostname>.1 (scan from 6 hours ago) > /var/ossec/queue/syscheck/<hostname>.2 (scan from 12 hours ago) > > > Thanks! > > On Monday, 27 October 2014 09:23:29 UTC-5, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Kyle Hopfensperger >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I just created an OSSEC server (14.04) and have it running on a few test >> > machines, both Linux and Windows. I'm wondering where it is storing the >> > information? I have it setup to use mysql but the tables seem to be >> > empty, >> >> There's an alerts (data?) table, I think. Is that one empty? >> >> > yet the ossec-wui shows data when I search. >> > >> >> In the past the WUI has used the text logfiles in /var/ossec/logs to >> populate the pages. I don't think this has changed. >> >> > >> > Thanks for the help >> > >> > -- >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "ossec-list" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ossec-list" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
