Host-based intrusion detection system comparison
Comparison of host-based intrusion detection system components and systems.
As per the Unix philosophy a good HIDS is composed of multiple packages each focusing on a specific aspect.
| Package | Year[1] | Ubuntu[2] | CentOS[3] | File | Network | Logs | Config | Sane defaults | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSSEC | 2017 | Yes[4] | Yes[5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Samhain | 2016 | Yes[6] | No | Yes | No | Partial[7] | No | ||
| Snort | 2015 | Yes[8] | Yes[9] | No | Yes | No | |||
| chkrootkit | 2017 | Yes[10] | No | Yes | No | Partial[11] | |||
| rkhunter | 2017 | Yes[12] | Yes[13] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has some problems. |
| unhide[14] | 2012 | Yes[15] | Yes[16] | No | No | No | proc ps compare | ||
| Sguil | 2017 | No | No | No | Yes | No | |||
| Logwatch[17] | 2017 | Yes[18] | Yes[19] | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| Logcheck[20] | 2017 | Yes[21] | Yes[22] | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| Epylog[23] | 2014 | Yes[24] | Yes[25] | No | No | Yes | |||
| SWATCH[26] | 2015 | Yes[27] | Yes[28] | No | No | Yes | |||
| sagan | 2017 | Yes[29] | No | No | No | Yes | |||
| aide | 2016 | Yes[30] | Yes[31] | Yes | No | No | No | ||
| tripwire | 2013 | Yes[32] | Yes[33] | Yes | No | No |
| Package | Year[34] | Linux | Windows | File | Network | Logs | Config | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacework | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Verisys | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Nessus | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
- ^ Last updated
- ^ Repositories
- ^ Repositories
- ^ "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. Retrieved 2017-10-19. OSSEC for Debian Based systems
- ^ "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. Retrieved 2017-10-29. OSSEC for RHEL/Fedora Based systems
- ^ "Samhain". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Samhain in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ Last
- ^ "Snort". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Snort in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "Snort". Cisco Systems. Retrieved 2017-05-31. Snort in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "ChkRootkit". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. ChkRootkit in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ lastlog, wtmp, utmp, wtmpx
- ^ "RKHunter". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. RKHunter in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "RKHunter". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. RKHunter in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "unhide". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17.unhide is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ^ "UnHide". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. UnHide in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "UnHide". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. UnHide in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "Logwatch". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Logwatch is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ^ "LogWatch". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. LogWatch in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "LogWatch". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. LogWatch in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "Logcheck". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Logcheck is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ^ "Logcheck". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Logcheck in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "Logcheck". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Logcheck in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "Epylog". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Epylog is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ^ "Epylog". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Epylog in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "Epylog". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Epylog in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "SWATCH". debian. Retrieved 2017-04-17. SWATCH is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
- ^ "SWATCH". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. SWATCH in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "SWATCH". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. SWATCH in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "Sagan". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Sagan in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "AIDE". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. AIDE in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "AIDE". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. AIDE in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories
- ^ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2017-04-19. Tripwire in the CentOS Repositories
- ^ Last updated