Wotring, Brian.

Host integrity monitoring : using Osiris and Samhain / Brian Wotring ; Bruce Potter, technical editor ; for[e]word by Marcus J. Ranum. - Rockland, Mass. : Syngress Pub., ©2005. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 421 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Host Integrity; Understanding the Terrain; Understanding Threats; Planning; Host Integrity Monitoring with Open Source Tools; Osiris; Samhain; Log Monitoring and Response; Advanced Strategies; Monitoring Linksys Devices; Extending Osiris and Samhain with Modules; Additional Resources; Index; Related Titles.

This book is about one of the most crucial aspects of system and security management: host integrity protection. Fundamentally, host integrity protection is all about understanding the changes that occur on your system friendly or hostile, deliberate or accidental and understanding the impact of those changes. In other words, it's change control in a potentially hostile environment. Best of all, this book is written by Brian Wotring, who has designed and deployed host integrity monitoring systems, used them, and relied on their results. It's hard to overstate the value of such experience. Book.

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Computer security.
Web servers--Security measures.
Computer networks--Security measures.
COMPUTERS--Security--Networking.
Computer security.
Computer networks--Security measures.
Computersicherheit
Überwachung


Electronic books.

QA76.9.A25 / W68 2005eb