Power of OSSEC By Donovan Thorpe CS 5910 Fall 2010
CS dthorpe - OSSEC What is OSSEC OSSEC History Host-based Intrusion Detection System Open Source Multi-platform
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Installation Types Local Server Agent and Agent-less
CS dthorpe - OSSEC OSSEC features System Integrity Checking Rootkit Detection Log Analysis Active Response
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Integrity Checking syscheck checks: md5sum, sha1sum, size, owner, group, perms realtime option for directories
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Rootkit Detection Looks for known rootkits Scans filesystem looking for unusual files and permissions Looks for hidden ports Looks for promiscuous mode on all interfaces
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Log Analysis File Monitoring Process Monitoring search the output of a command df -h based on when the output changes netstat -tan |grep LISTEN|grep -v
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Output and Alerts syslog database
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Active Response Based on an alert run a command hosts deny firewall drop route null
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Comparison CISCO Security Agent Symantec Client Security Tripwire
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Enhancements Recursive optional or blocking Realtime options for files More inotify event codes Per entry of inotify
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Resources Main web site Mailing lists Books Web interface and Plugins
CS dthorpe - OSSEC Q & A Questions ???