Supported Systems

OSSEC supports the following operating systems and log formats.

Operating Systems

The following operating systems are supported by the OSSEC agent:

• GNU/Linux (all distributions, including RHEL, Ubuntu, Slackware, Debian, etc)
• Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 2012
• VMWare ESX 3.0,3.5 (including CIS checks)
• FreeBSD (all current versions)
• OpenBSD (all current versions)
• NetBSD (all current versions)
• Solaris 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 10 and 11.4
• AIX 5.2 and 5.3
• Mac OS X 10.x
• HP-UX 11

Devices supported via Syslog

These systems/devices are also supported via remote syslog:

• Cisco PIX, ASA and FWSM (all versions)
• Cisco IOS routers (all versions)
• Juniper Netscreen (all versions)
• SonicWall firewall (all versions)
• Checkpoint firewall (all versions)
• Cisco IOS IDS/IPS module (all versions)
• Sourcefire (Snort) IDS/IPS (all versions)
• Dragon NIDS (all versions)
• Checkpoint Smart Defense (all versions)
• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (v8 and v8.5)
• Bluecoat proxy (all versions)
• Cisco VPN concentrators (all versions)
• VMWare ESXi 4.x

Devices and Operating Systems via Agentless

Using OSSEC agentless options, the following systems are also supported (for log analysis and file integrity checking):

• Cisco PIX, ASA and FWSM (all versions)
• Cisco IOS routers (all versions)
• Juniper Netscreen (all versions)
• SonicWall firewall (all versions)
• Checkpoint firewall (all versions)
• All operating systems specified in the “operating systems” section