Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-27 Thread Michael Starks
On 10/27/2011 03:28 AM, carlopmart wrote: On 10/27/2011 01:55 AM, Michael Starks wrote: On 10/26/2011 07:15 AM, carlopmart wrote: b) Ability to use agent collectors. For example for remote locations, one server acts a collector for a remote LAN and forwards all alerts, logs, etc to the central

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-27 Thread carlopmart
On 10/27/2011 01:55 AM, Michael Starks wrote: On 10/26/2011 07:15 AM, carlopmart wrote: b) Ability to use agent collectors. For example for remote locations, one server acts a collector for a remote LAN and forwards all alerts, logs, etc to the central OSSEC server. You should be able do this

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Michael Starks
On 10/26/2011 01:36 PM, dan (ddp) wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:47 PM, James M Pulver wrote: Well, not silently, it still pops up a command window for a second in my experience. If you can help fix that, it'd be appreciated. If I recall correctly, I actually had it working completely s

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Michael Starks
On 10/26/2011 07:15 AM, carlopmart wrote: b) Ability to use agent collectors. For example for remote locations, one server acts a collector for a remote LAN and forwards all alerts, logs, etc to the central OSSEC server. You should be able do this now. Install a manager in one of your downstre

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Michael Starks
On 10/26/2011 10:46 AM, sami zimbra wrote: Hi, I have noticed a problem when i was looking if OSSEC can meet PCI-DSS requirements on detecting malicious modifications of log files 10.5.5. The problem is that ossec-logcollector do it automatically and randomly without any user contrôl over this b

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Michael Starks
Please also consider adding a /? and other command line parameter options for installing Windows clients so that users don't have to go digging for help. It also seems silly to not be able to specify a server address and key on the command line during installation, and to not know if this opt

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread dan (ddp)
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:56 PM, carlopmart wrote: > On 10/26/2011 08:33 PM, dan (ddp) wrote: >> >> Please excuse my ignorance. I'll take notes. :) >> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:15 AM, carlopmart  wrote: >>> >>> On 10/26/2011 01:00 PM, Michael Starks wrote: List the most annoying bugs.

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread carlopmart
On 10/26/2011 08:33 PM, dan (ddp) wrote: Please excuse my ignorance. I'll take notes. :) On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:15 AM, carlopmart wrote: On 10/26/2011 01:00 PM, Michael Starks wrote: List the most annoying bugs. What makes OSSEC difficult to use? What is the biggest area for improvement?

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread dan (ddp)
his option is > available. > > -Original Message- > From: ossec-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:ossec-list@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Michael Starks > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:19 AM > To: ossec-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: W

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread dan (ddp)
Please excuse my ignorance. I'll take notes. :) On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:15 AM, carlopmart wrote: > On 10/26/2011 01:00 PM, Michael Starks wrote: >> >> List the most annoying bugs. What makes OSSEC difficult to use? What is >> the biggest area for improvement? What are we missing? Any rules fp t

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread dan (ddp)
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:21 AM, James M Pulver wrote: > The biggest problem for me was the need to write scripts to deploy the > agents, specifically on Windows clients. I expect the new auth-d would work > on Linux but didn't seem to be supported on Windows. > Have you tried the post 2.6 Wind

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread dan (ddp)
P Computer Group > Cornell University > > > -Original Message- > From: ossec-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:ossec-list@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Michael Starks > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:19 PM > To: ossec-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [ossec-list

RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Brown, Ryan David
er 26, 2011 10:19 AM To: ossec-list@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement. On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:49:33 +, Brown, Ryan David wrote: > Lack of Windows command line install parameters and quiet install > makes i

RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Michael Starks
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:47:19 +, James M Pulver wrote: Well, not silently, it still pops up a command window for a second in my experience. Ok, non-interacively. :) I actually tried to make that go away but it caused problems. Something for another day... -- Michael Starks [I] Immutable S

RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread James M Pulver
Michael Starks Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:19 PM To: ossec-list@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement. On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:49:33 +, Brown, Ryan David wrote: > Lack of Windows command line install paramet

RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Michael Starks
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:49:33 +, Brown, Ryan David wrote: Lack of Windows command line install parameters and quiet install makes it difficult/annoying to install for large organizations. This is likely a deal-breaker for lots of large Windows shops. The Windows agent can be installed silen

RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread Brown, Ryan David
Lack of Windows command line install parameters and quiet install makes it difficult/annoying to install for large organizations. This is likely a deal-breaker for lots of large Windows shops. On 10/26/2011 01:00 PM, Michael Starks wrote: > List the most annoying bugs. What makes OSSEC diffic

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread sami zimbra
Hi, I have noticed a problem when i was looking if OSSEC can meet PCI-DSS requirements on detecting malicious modifications of log files 10.5.5. The problem is that ossec-logcollector do it automatically and randomly without any user contrôl over this behavior. It will be appreciated to add some

Re: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread carlopmart
On 10/26/2011 01:00 PM, Michael Starks wrote: List the most annoying bugs. What makes OSSEC difficult to use? What is the biggest area for improvement? What are we missing? Any rules fp too much? Now is the time to get it all out. -- Michael Starks [I] Immutable Security http://www.immutablesecu

RE: [ossec-list] 3WoO Day 4: What bugs you: problems, challenges and room for improvement.

2011-10-26 Thread James M Pulver
The biggest problem for me was the need to write scripts to deploy the agents, specifically on Windows clients. I expect the new auth-d would work on Linux but didn't seem to be supported on Windows. The second thing for me is the difficulty of getting the logs viewable in some web based method