Comparison of host-based intrusion detection system components and systems.
Free and open-source software
As per the Unix philosophy a good HIDS is composed of multiple packages each focusing on a specific aspect.
| Package
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Updated
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Ubuntu Official Repositories
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CentOS Official Repositories
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File
|
Network
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Logs
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Config
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Sane defaults
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Notes
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| OSSEC
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2022
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No[1]
|
No[2]
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| Wazuh
|
2022
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| Samhain
|
2021
|
Yes[3]
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Partial[4]
|
|
No
|
|
| Snort
|
2018
|
Yes[5]
|
No[6]
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
|
| chkrootkit
|
2023
|
Yes[7]
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Partial[8]
|
|
|
|
| rkhunter
|
2018
|
Yes[9]
|
Yes[10]
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| unhide[11]
|
2012
|
Yes[12]
|
Yes[13]
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
proc ps compare
|
| Sguil
|
2017
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
|
| Logwatch[14]
|
2017
|
Yes[15]
|
Yes[16]
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
No
|
|
| Logcheck[17]
|
2017
|
Yes[18]
|
Yes[19]
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
No
|
|
| Epylog[20]
|
2014
|
Yes[21]
|
Yes[22]
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
| SWATCH[23]
|
2015
|
Yes[24]
|
Yes[25]
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
| sagan
|
2021
|
Yes[26]
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
| aide
|
2023
|
Yes[27]
|
Yes[28]
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
No
|
|
| tripwire
|
2018
|
Yes[29]
|
Yes[30]
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
|
| Tiger
|
2018
|
Yes[31]
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
3/42 modules are Debian specific.
|
Proprietary software
| Package
|
Year[32]
|
Linux
|
Windows
|
File
|
Network
|
Logs
|
Config
|
Notes
|
| Lacework
|
2018
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Verisys
|
2018
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
|
| Nessus
|
2017
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
| Atomicorp
|
2019
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Commercially enhanced version of OSSEC
|
| Spartan
|
2021
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Websocket API, IP to Country mapping, DynDNS Integration
|
References
- ↑ "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#apt-automated-installation-on-ubuntu-and-debian. Retrieved 2017-10-19. OSSEC for Debian Based systems
- ↑ "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#rhel-centos-fedora-and-others. Retrieved 2017-10-29. OSSEC for RHEL/Fedora Based systems
- ↑ "Samhain". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=samhain. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Samhain in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ Last
- ↑ "Snort". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=snort. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Snort in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "Snort". Cisco Systems. https://pkgs.org/download/snort. Retrieved 2017-05-31. Snort in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "ChkRootkit". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=chkrootkit. Retrieved 2017-04-19. ChkRootkit in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ lastlog, wtmp, utmp, wtmpx
- ↑ "RKHunter". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rkhunter. Retrieved 2017-04-19. RKHunter in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "RKHunter". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/rkhunter. Retrieved 2017-04-19. RKHunter in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "unhide". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=unhide. Retrieved 2017-04-17. unhide is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ↑ "UnHide". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=unhide. Retrieved 2017-04-19. UnHide in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "UnHide". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/unhide. Retrieved 2017-04-19. UnHide in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "Logwatch". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=logwatch. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Logwatch is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ↑ "LogWatch". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logwatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19. LogWatch in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "LogWatch". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/logwatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19. LogWatch in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "Logcheck". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=logcheck. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Logcheck is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ↑ "Logcheck". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logcheck. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Logcheck in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "Logcheck". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/logcheck. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Logcheck in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "Epylog". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=epylog. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Epylog is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ↑ "Epylog". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=epylog. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Epylog in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "Epylog". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/epylog. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Epylog in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "SWATCH". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=swatch. Retrieved 2017-04-17. SWATCH is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ↑ "SWATCH". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=swatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19. SWATCH in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "SWATCH". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/swatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19. SWATCH in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "Sagan". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=sagan. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Sagan in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "AIDE". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=aide. Retrieved 2017-04-19. AIDE in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "AIDE". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/aide. Retrieved 2017-04-19. AIDE in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tripwire. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/tripwire. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the CentOS Repositories
- ↑ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tiger. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ↑ Last updated
External links
- Debian security manual
- Arch security wiki
- CentOS security wiki
- Ubuntu security wiki
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