Re: [ossec-list] Windows OSSEC Agent 2.8.3 – cannot install on Windows server 2012 R2

2015-11-09 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I get the feeling this never worked but that is just me. Also, I don't think you have to put in a path if doing a slient install or anything and it should just work. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-10-13 Thread SoulAuctioneer
If I had to guess, that thread and some of the others you might remember seeing are about the installer setting permissions to the 'Administrators' group. The problem is when Windows is set to use another language that group isn't named the same. The proper way to do this is with well known

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-10-09 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Are there errors in the OSSEC log after you create the tmp directory in the OSSEC directory and restart everything? Looks like the installer needs the following: https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/blame/master/src/win32/ossec-installer.nsi#L146

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-10-09 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Yeah, there was this: https://github.com/awiddersheim/ossec-hids/commit/262630f63674c8e0e5928bf8a002d0a31114e2d6 Not sure that is the problem. Could be a number of things potentially. Is there a tmp directory in the OSSEC directory? Maybe something stupid with permissions? Might be worth using

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-10-09 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Those bookmark failures shouldn't be happening so if you continue to see those I think we will probably need to dig in a bit. Especially if the OSSEC version I gave you (Josh) a few months ago isn't doing the same thing. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-09-30 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Might just need to add this line into error_messages.h in Dan's branch: https://github.com/awiddersheim/ossec-hids/blob/master/src/error_messages/error_messages.h#L44 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-09-24 Thread SoulAuctioneer
That is my doing. When fixing CVE-2015-3222 I inadvertantly broke the Windows builds with my backport to 2.8.2. I fixed in the master branch so 2.9 wouldn't have the problem but never felt the need to backport the fix but since we are doing another 2.8.x release it seems like we should. You

Re: [ossec-list] Merge EventChannel fix into 2.8?

2015-09-24 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Was talking to Dan today. Will try to put together some merge requests to his branch and 2.8.3 that will hopefully fix these things. Hopefully will find some time in the next few days to make that happen. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [ossec-list] OSSEC Windows Agent support for Event Trace Logs ( .etl ) format

2015-09-08 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Just researched this a bit more. Probably isn't supported at this time. Pull requests welcome. -- --- 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

Re: [ossec-list] OSSEC Windows Agent support for Event Trace Logs ( .etl ) format

2015-09-02 Thread SoulAuctioneer
The following pre-release has an already built binary that I beleive has those changes that you can try: https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.9.0-beta02 I'd test it out first. No promises that it works. Alternatives are to build the binary yourself from master or to wait until we

[ossec-list] Re: ossec agent on windows 2008R2 x64

2015-06-25 Thread SoulAuctioneer
You can try running the agent from the command line. Anything in the event log? Outside of that, without any more troubleshooting data, there isn't a whole lot of guidance I can give. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ossec-list group. To

[ossec-list] Re: Agent connect / disconnect

2015-06-25 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I'm not sure there is a configuration option to change how often the agents report in. I think it is pretty long though. I think right now it is a hard coded value but it might be in the internal_options file. When the agent first starts it connects to the server immediately. -- --- You

[ossec-list] Re: ossec agent on windows 2008R2 x64

2015-06-24 Thread SoulAuctioneer
What version are you running? Anything of interest in the ossec.log? -- --- 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 ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

[ossec-list] Re: ERROR: Unable to open registry key

2015-06-24 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Looks like you might be hitting the limitation of the OSSEC agent on Windows where it has trouble seeing the registry on x64 machines. This is a known issue and will hopefully be addressed in future versions. For now you might find this workaround useful:

[ossec-list] Re: Ossec Server Performance (High CPU)

2015-06-18 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Are you using the syscheck FIM stuff at all? -- --- 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 ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit

[ossec-list] CVE-2015-3222 which allows for root escalation via syscheck

2015-06-11 Thread SoulAuctioneer
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.2 Fix for CVE-2015-3222 which allows for root escalation via syscheck Affected versions: 2.7 - 2.8.1 Beginning is OSSEC 2.7 (d88cf1c9) a feature was added to syscheck, which is the daemon that monitors file changes on a system, called

[ossec-list] Re: CVE-2015-3222 which allows for root escalation via syscheck

2015-06-11 Thread SoulAuctioneer
They both can be vulnerable depending on whether or not you are running syscheck on the server. -- --- 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

[ossec-list] Re: send eventlog to ossec

2015-04-02 Thread SoulAuctioneer
The server isn't what you need, which is what you are building in these screenshots. You'd need the updated version of the Windows agent which isn't on the releases page for 2.9-beta03. I'm working on getting that rectified and will post a download link once I have it. -- --- You received

[ossec-list] Re: send eventlog to ossec

2015-03-31 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I created an issue to investigate this further: https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/568 From what you have showed it looks like it should work according to the examples given in the documentation. I'll have to dig deeper to understand more. -- --- You received this message because

[ossec-list] Re: send eventlog to ossec

2015-03-31 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I confirmed in the code that the query is getting passed to EvtSubscribe() and an error should get generated and show in the logs if the query is malformed in anyway. There have been a large amount of changes to the eventchannel code in 2.9 which is still beta. Let me find a download link for

Re: [ossec-list] Sysmon OSSEC (Security Onion Integration)

2015-03-27 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Really cool stuff. Thanks for sharing. -- --- 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 ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit

[ossec-list] Re: send eventlog to ossec

2015-03-25 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Are there any errors in the ossec.log? How are you generating those Login Audit Failure messages? Can you try running the latest OSSEC beta? There were a large number of fixes done to the eventchannel code that might fix whatever problem you are having. -- --- You received this message

[ossec-list] Re: send eventlog to ossec

2015-03-25 Thread SoulAuctioneer
So just so I completely understand, all events are getting sent but you only want events that have the ID of 4625 and you are using version 2.8.1? This is happening even with eventchannel? -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ossec-list group. To

Re: [ossec-list] Re: Fail to config ossec agent on Windows 8

2015-02-21 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Were you able to test the latest beta version with another language yet? Would love to get this bug tested/fixed before OSSEC 2.9 is released. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ossec-list group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[ossec-list] Re: Windows Agent Not Shipping Log File

2015-02-21 Thread SoulAuctioneer
My first guess is the file is being rotated or changed in some way. Anything that you know of that might be doing this? I don't believe OSSEC (at least the Windows side) saves the last read position but I could be wrong on that. I can say with confidence that it will save the last known

[ossec-list] Re: Windows Agent Not Shipping Log File

2015-02-21 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Just verified neither Windows or *NIX will store file positions of the files they are reading. When OSSEC's logcollector starts up and begins processing files it is configured for it will just seek to the end so yes, things can be missed if something happens while OSSEC is reading the file.

Re: [ossec-list] Re: Fail to config ossec agent on Windows 8

2015-02-09 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Great blog post. Just saw it the other day from twitter I think. Let me know how your testing goes. Best way we can get things like this fixed is to have good testing. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ossec-list group. To unsubscribe from this

[ossec-list] Re: Fail to config ossec agent on Windows 8

2015-02-05 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Not being able to read the logs or the files in the OSSEC directory on Windows is normal. Even though you are an admin you still need to accept UAC or whatever to escalate to a high enough privilege level to read those files. The GUI does this for you when you open it which is why things work

[ossec-list] Re: Fail to config ossec agent on Windows 8

2015-02-04 Thread SoulAuctioneer
This may be fixed in the upcoming release of OSSEC. Are any of you running a different language other than English as the primary language for Windows? Can you post the log entries (if any) that are in the ossec.log file after this happens? Would any of you be able to try the latest 2.9 beta?

[ossec-list] Re: Official Support for server 2012

2015-01-13 Thread SoulAuctioneer
It can probably be added. There are a few issues with the proper reporting of 2012 and 2012R2 but they are pretty minimal. Everything else should work though. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ossec-list group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [ossec-list] OSSEC Agents cache Events if OSSEC Server is down nowadays?

2015-01-13 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I just investigated this as I've been working on the eventchannel code quite a bit. The eventchannel stuff will both bookmark the last location so the agent can pick up again where it left off. Also, if the manager is down and seen as disconnected by the agent than it will also behave the same

[ossec-list] Re: OSSEC CON 2014 - Malware detection with OSSEC, video and slides available

2014-10-07 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Awesome. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing the rest of the presentations when they get posted. -- --- 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

[ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you think?

2014-09-17 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I want to do a lot of work on the Windows agent to try and make it better. One of the big changes I have planned is getting rid of the Windows GUI. In my opinion the GUI doesn't provide enough value to make it worth maintaining the fairly significant amount of code that it produces as well as

Re: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you think?

2014-09-17 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Yes. The key file's format will stay the same so anything existing for that will not need to change. You should be able to use manage_agents.exe to import the key programatically now as well. The hope is to do that atleast. If it isn't possible now it should be. -- --- You received this

Re: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you think?

2014-09-17 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't mind keeping the GUI around. The problem is the GUI creates a huge code base that isn't really well designed IMO and is semi-buggy. There are enough problems on the Windows side already at the core of what OSSEC does. I'd rather put the focus there than on some

Re: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you think?

2014-09-17 Thread SoulAuctioneer
How many times does someone actually need to fire up the GUI to configure something? We are probably only asking someone to figure out some command line arguments once when they first configure the agent. Our documentation should be the thing that helps them. Something like How to install

Re: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you think?

2014-09-17 Thread SoulAuctioneer
I will add it to my todo list as part of the work I'd like to do. -- --- 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 ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For

Re: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you think?

2014-09-17 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Good suggestion but I just think the GUI does more than it needs to. Especially with the service management. Keeping that code around and building it into the CLI just isnt' worth it to me. Easy enough to do with mmc or existing CLI tools most Windows Administrators know and love. If you take

Re: [ossec-list] Re: ossec con in europe?!

2014-09-04 Thread SoulAuctioneer
Wish I could go. Hopefully they record so we can view later. -- --- 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 ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more