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Comparison of [[host-based intrusion detection system]] components and systems.

==[[Free and Open Sourceopen-source software]]==

As per the [[Unix philosophy]] a good HIDS is composed of multiple packages each focusing on a specific aspect.

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! Package

! Last Update

! Updated

! Ubuntu[[Debian]] <refsmall>Official Repositories</refsmall>

! CentOS[[AlmaLinux]] <refsmall>Official Repositories</refsmall>

! [[openSUSE]] <small>Official Repositories</small>

! File

! Network

! Logs

! [[Information_technology_security_audit|Config]]

! Sane defaults

! Notes

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| [[OSSEC]]

| 20192025

| {{yesno}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#apt-automated-installation-on-ubuntu-and-debian |title=Downloads OSSEC|publisher=OSSEC|accessdate=2017-10-19 }} OSSEC for Debian Based systems</ref>

| {{yesno}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#rhel-centos-fedora-and-others |title=Downloads OSSEC|publisher=OSSEC|accessdate=2017-10-29 }} OSSEC for RHEL/Fedora Based systems</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://software.opensuse.org/package/ossec-hids |title=ossec-hids|publisher=openSUSE OBS|accessdate=2024-08-11 }} An Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System </ref>

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|Wazuh

|2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/release-notes/index.html |title=Wazuh documentation Release notes|accessdate=2025-07-16 }}</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| [[Samhain_(software)|Samhain]]

| 20192023

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=samhain |title=Samhain |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Samhain in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://software.opensuse.org/package/samhain?search_term=Samhain |title=Samhain |publisher=openSUSE OBS|accessdate=2024-08-11 }} File integrity and host-based IDS</ref>

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| {{no}}

| {{partial}}<ref>Last</ref>

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| {{no}}

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| [[Snort_(software)|Snort]]

| 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases |title=snort3/snort3 Releases|accessdate=2025-07-16 }}</ref>

| 2018

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=snort |title=Snort |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Snort in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yesno}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/snort |title=Snort |publisher=Cisco Systems |accessdate=2017-05-31 }} Snort in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| [[chkrootkit]]

| 20172023

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=chkrootkit |title=ChkRootkit |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} ChkRootkit in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}}<ref>lastlog, wtmp, utmp, wtmpx</ref>

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rkhunter |title=RKHunter |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} RKHunter in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/rkhunter |title=RKHunter |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} RKHunter in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has some problems.{{fact|date=December 2018}}

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| [http://www.unhide-forensics.info unhide]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=unhide |title=unhide |publisher=debian |accessdate=2017-04-17 }}unhide is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora</ref>

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=unhide |title=UnHide |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} UnHide in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/unhide |title=UnHide |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} UnHide in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| proc ps compare

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| [[Sguil]]

| 2017

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logwatch |title=LogWatch |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} LogWatch in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/logwatch |title=LogWatch |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} LogWatch in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

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| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logcheck |title=Logcheck |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Logcheck in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/logcheck |title=Logcheck |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Logcheck in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

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| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=epylog |title=Epylog |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Epylog in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/epylog |title=Epylog |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Epylog in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=swatch |title=SWATCH |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} SWATCH in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/swatch |title=SWATCH |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} SWATCH in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| [[Sagan_(software)|sagan]]

| 20182021

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=sagan |title=Sagan |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Sagan in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| [[Advanced_Intrusion_Detection_Environment|aide]]

| 20192025

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=aide |title=AIDE |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} AIDE in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/aide |title=AIDE |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} AIDE in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| yes

| uses libs for routines

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| [[Open_Source_Tripwire|tripwire]]

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| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tripwire |title=Tripwire |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkgs.org/download/tripwire |title=Tripwire |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Tripwire in the CentOS Repositories</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| [[Tiger_(security_software)|Tiger]]

| 2018

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tiger |title=Tripwire |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=2017-04-19 }} Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 3/42 modules are Debian specific.

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| [[Verisys]]

| 2018

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|[https://www.atomicorp.com/atomic-enterprise-ossec/ Atomicorp]

|2019

| {{yes}}

|Yes

| {{yes}}

|Yes

| {{yes}}

|Yes

| {{yes}}

|Yes

| {{yes}}

|Yes

| {{yes}}

|Yes

|Commercially enhanced version of OSSEC

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|[https://spartan.mobilefx.com/ Spartan]

|2021

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|Websocket API, IP to Country mapping, DynDNS Integration

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