Re: program similar to OSSEC

[Kerry Havens <Kerry.Havens () COLORADO EDU>]

I think Jason is right, the OSSEC management server does not run on
Windows, only the agent. Perhaps you're looking for something like
Tripwire for Servers
<http://www.tripwire.com/it-compliance-products/te/tripwire-for-servers/
> as an alternative.

-- 
Kerry Havens


> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Neal McCorkle
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:39 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] program similar to OSSEC
>
> OSSEC runs on windows as well.  It does require you to edit a xml
> config
> file instead of having a nice gui tool.  It is also included in Trend
> Micro's Deep Security product along with several other features for
> host
> based security.
>
> http://www.ossec.net/    (I have no idea why they chose a .net for the
> project)
>
> Neal McCorkle
> Information Security Officer
> North Carolina State University
>
> Youngquist, Jason R. wrote:
> > We are looking for a HIDS with file integrity monitoring.  We are
> primarily a Windows shop, and as I understand it, the OSSEC management
> server only runs on Linux, AIX, Solaris, and HP/UX boxes.  I was
> wondering if there was a similar HIDS with file integrity monitoring
> which uses Windows as the management server.
> > Thanks.
> > Jason Youngquist
> > Information Technology Security Engineer
> > Technology Services
> > Columbia College
> > 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO  65216
> > (573) 875-7334
> > jryoungquist () ccis edu
> > http://www.ccis.edu