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Free auditing Tool for Windows/Unix

Asked by: Brijeshk9

I am looking for a Tool which can do the auditing for different servers (windows/Unix) in network for any kind of security breach or unauthorized changes. It should also compare the file structures/permission and modified date for data/application available on different Boxes.
I have heard about some tools like DumpSec /OSIRIS, please share some better options on it.

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Answers

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-08-19 at 22:57:31ID: 25139638

m also looking for help doc on osiris..!

 

by: liddlerPosted on 2009-08-20 at 00:09:01ID: 25139883

AIDE (free tripwire-like) http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide.html from Unix and linux

 

by: arober11Posted on 2009-08-20 at 05:02:39ID: 25141349

There's some info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host-based_intrusion_detection_system

If you opt for the opensource Tripwire, there's an easy migration path to the commercial version, if you need the GUI / reporting functions:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-08-20 at 06:56:59ID: 25142551

I am looking for a tool which can provide the information about file changes/deletion, Group/user permission changes so better to get a customized tool where we can get the detail like timestamp for specific file/folders when it was changed last time and who has done these changes&?
anyone tried OSISRIS tool..?

 

by: Phadke_hemantPosted on 2009-08-21 at 22:34:32ID: 25157493

there are many tools available like nmap, nessus, MBSA. Some of the links are provided here -
http://sectools.org/
http://sectools.org/web-scanners.html
http://insecure.org/
http://nmap.org/
http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan/
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/security-lab/tools-and-services/online-scanner/
some of these tools are free and others have evaluation versions available.
Macafee and symantec also have some free tools available on their website.

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-08-24 at 00:22:33ID: 25166139

Thanks,
Please share the Tools from Mcafee/Symantec and also confirm if we can use any freeware...?
what do you suggest on Professional Audit Expander v4.0..?
it will be grateful if someone please share some good websites for WMI Scripts. So that we can also look for customized scripts..?

 

by: Phadke_hemantPosted on 2009-09-04 at 21:57:01ID: 25264998

i never used Professional Audit Expander v4.0.. so no comments on that :)
for wmi scripts, you can use Microsoft's scriptcenter. following sites are also useful -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9ef05cbd-c1c5-41e7-9da8-212c414a7ab0&displaylang=en
http://techrepublic.com.com/5260-1-0.html?query=wmi
http://www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx?artkw=wmi&sbo=kw

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-09-20 at 19:42:53ID: 25380004

Thanks a lot for sharing all the stuff.
will anyone please help me to configure OSIRIS or can anyone provode any doc for Osiris configuartion
for linux/windows..?
 As there is limited information given on website.
Please share the doc if any for Osiris configuartion and alos confirm about the usage/fetaures fo osiris in windows/linux..!

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-09-25 at 00:44:35ID: 25420756

please help on osiris..!

 

by: KeremEPosted on 2009-09-28 at 06:36:01ID: 25439181

Hi,

None of the tools mentioned here would do what you want. What you are looking for is called "Host Integrity Monitors" not the general "vulnerability scanners" such as NMAP or Nessus.

So you'd better need to reformulate the question. What you need is a tool like OSIRIS or Samhain. Here's an article in security focus comparing these applications.

OSIRIS offers large platform support like Windows and Several Unices and SAMHAIN supports yet a broader line of commercial Unices. OSIRIS supports modules and could monitor kernels too while smahain supports digital ly signed detection libraries which are more immune to tampering ..

Please read the article then let's elaborate on the issue further.

Cheers,
K.

 

by: KeremEPosted on 2009-09-29 at 07:13:18ID: 25449231

Opps sorry I'Ve forgooten to present the link:

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1771

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-09-30 at 20:41:59ID: 25465817

Thanks ,I agree with you.
this will be a gret help for me if i can get the deployemnet doc for Osiris configuartion or any other better tool.
My requirement is:
I am looking for a Tool which can do the auditing for different servers (windows/Unix) in network for any kind of security breach or unauthorized changes. It should also compare the file structures/permission and modified date for data/application available on different Boxes

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-10-19 at 19:14:53ID: 25610577

Any more suggestion please..!

 

by: KeremEPosted on 2009-10-19 at 19:31:25ID: 25610650

Dear Briejeshk9,

As you can see from the articke Osiris supports both Windows and several Unices including Linux, Hp-UX, MAC OS X. What it does is to compare file permissions etc on the server it is running on.  

however what you want is to gather data from different systems and compare them to each other I doubt that you can do it only one software. Companies doing these type of audit works have a repository of programs ans some customized scripts to create a comparative audit data for that matters.

So there's no single ultimate tool to do what you need around. You need to gget data and export it and do necessary tabulation with other tools and even office Automation programs such as a general Purpose SpreadSheet program or a word processor, databases and scripts to interpret or compare, colalte and interpret the findings.

This is called an IT Audit and usually performed as a part of the Internal Audit process. This type of activity generally planned in advance and well documented including expected results before the beginning and some suggestions for improvement in the light of interpreted data.

Cheers,
K.

 

by: Brijeshk9Posted on 2009-10-22 at 20:30:28ID: 31618015

Thanks

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