Okay, thanks for the clarification. Is there a point at which old entries are then purged from the file (or do they remain in there forever)?
On 28 October 2014 08:47, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "ossec-list" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ossec-list/UxHoFxw7tqM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
