Comparison of
host-based intrusion detection system
A host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) is an intrusion detection system that is capable of monitoring and analyzing the internals of a computing system as well as the network packets on its network interfaces, similar to the way a netwo ...
components and systems.
Free and open-source software
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source ...
As per the
Unix philosophy
The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It is based on the experience of leading developers of the Unix operating system. Early Unix dev ...
a good HIDS is composed of multiple packages each focusing on a specific aspect.
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that is deemed within the free and open-source software to be non-free because its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner exercises a legal monopoly afforded by modern copyright and int ...
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! Package
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! Logs
! Config
! Notes
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Lacework, 2018
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, Verisys
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Nessus
, 2017
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Atomicorp, 2019
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, Commercially enhanced version of OSSEC
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Spartan, 2021
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, Websocket API, IP to Country mapping, DynDNS Integration
References
External links
Arch security wikiCentOS security wikiUbuntu security wiki
Intrusion detection systems