[logs] OSSEC v1.6 released

[Daniel Cid]

Hi list,

The OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of
OSSEC version 1.6.

OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It
performs log analysis, integrity checking, Windows registry
monitoring,
rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. It runs on
most operating systems, including Linux, *BSD, MacOS, Solaris and
Windows.

This new version delivers the most comprehensive update to OSSEC in
its history, with numerous new features and bug fixes, including:

* New multi-server architecture
* New platform support for Microsoft Vista (and Server 2008)
* New platform support for VMware ESX
* Added active response module for Windows
* CIS benchmarks on Linux (through the policy auditing)
* Added the VMWare Security hardening guideline to the policy auditing
* Added support for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise logs
* Added support for VMware ESX hostd logs
* Added support for Mac OS FTP server logs
* New tools to better manage the data stored (syscheck_control,
rootcheck_control, log_test)

And much more..


More information:
http://www.ossec.net/main/ossec-v16-released

Download it from:
http://www.ossec.net/main/downloads .


Thanks,

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Daniel B. Cid
dcid ( at ) ossec.net