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Comparison of host-based intrusion detection system components and systems.

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Free and open-source software

As per the Unix philosophy a good HIDS is composed of multiple packages each focusing on a specific aspect.

PackageUpdatedUbuntu Official RepositoriesCentOS Official RepositoriesopenSUSE Official RepositoriesFileNetworkLogsConfigNotes
OSSEC2025No1No2Yes3YesYesYesYes
Wazuh2022NoNo?YesYesYesYes
Samhain2023Yes4NoYes5YesNoPartial6
Snort2021Yes7No8NoNoYesNo
chkrootkit2023Yes9NoYesYesNoPartial10
rkhunter2018Yes11Yes12YesYesNoNoYes
unhide132012Yes14Yes15YesNoNoNoproc ps compare
Sguil2017NoNoNoNoYesNo
Logwatch162017Yes17Yes18YesNoNoYes
Logcheck192017Yes20Yes21YesNoNoYes
Epylog222014Yes23Yes24YesNoNoYes
SWATCH252015Yes26Yes27YesNoNoYes
sagan2021Yes28NoNoNoNoYes
aide2023Yes29Yes30YesYesNoNo
tripwire2018Yes31Yes32YesYesNoNo
Tiger2018Yes33NoNoYesNoNoYes3/42 modules are Debian specific.

Proprietary software

PackageYear34LinuxWindowsFileNetworkLogsConfigNotes
Lacework2018YesNoYesYesYesYes
Verisys2018YesYesYesYesYes
Nessus2017YesYesYes
Atomicorp2019YesYesYesYesYesYesCommercially enhanced version of OSSEC
Spartan2021NoYesYesYesYesYesWebsocket API, IP to Country mapping, DynDNS Integration

References

  1. "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. Retrieved 2017-10-19. OSSEC for Debian Based systems https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#apt-automated-installation-on-ubuntu-and-debian ↩

  2. "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. Retrieved 2017-10-29. OSSEC for RHEL/Fedora Based systems https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#rhel-centos-fedora-and-others ↩

  3. "ossec-hids". openSUSE OBS. Retrieved 2024-08-11. An Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System https://software.opensuse.org/package/ossec-hids ↩

  4. "Samhain". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Samhain in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=samhain ↩

  5. "Samhain". openSUSE OBS. Retrieved 2024-08-11. File integrity and host-based IDS https://software.opensuse.org/package/samhain?search_term=Samhain ↩

  6. Last ↩

  7. "Snort". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Snort in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=snort ↩

  8. "Snort". Cisco Systems. Retrieved 2017-05-31. Snort in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/snort ↩

  9. "ChkRootkit". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. ChkRootkit in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=chkrootkit ↩

  10. lastlog, wtmp, utmp, wtmpx ↩

  11. "RKHunter". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. RKHunter in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rkhunter ↩

  12. "RKHunter". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. RKHunter in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/rkhunter ↩

  13. "unhide". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17.unhide is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=unhide ↩

  14. "UnHide". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. UnHide in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=unhide ↩

  15. "UnHide". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. UnHide in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/unhide ↩

  16. "Logwatch". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Logwatch is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=logwatch ↩

  17. "LogWatch". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. LogWatch in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logwatch ↩

  18. "LogWatch". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. LogWatch in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/logwatch ↩

  19. "Logcheck". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Logcheck is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=logcheck ↩

  20. "Logcheck". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Logcheck in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logcheck ↩

  21. "Logcheck". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Logcheck in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/logcheck ↩

  22. "Epylog". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Epylog is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=epylog ↩

  23. "Epylog". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Epylog in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=epylog ↩

  24. "Epylog". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Epylog in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/epylog ↩

  25. "SWATCH". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. SWATCH is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=swatch ↩

  26. "SWATCH". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. SWATCH in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=swatch ↩

  27. "SWATCH". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. SWATCH in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/swatch ↩

  28. "Sagan". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Sagan in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=sagan ↩

  29. "AIDE". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. AIDE in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=aide ↩

  30. "AIDE". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. AIDE in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/aide ↩

  31. "Tripwire". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tripwire ↩

  32. "Tripwire". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the CentOS Repositories https://pkgs.org/download/tripwire ↩

  33. "Tripwire". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tiger ↩

  34. Last updated ↩