ossec-hids
✅ Recently maintainedOSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.
C · GPL-2.0 · Last push 2026-11-02
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| 2026-11-03 | 5,070 |
Get the project
git clone https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids.gitCloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.
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