Daniel,

We work with FDCC and CIS. Is there any information regarding the
regular expression syntax in the CIS config files. We use Nessus and
customize there .audit files currently.

-Reggie



Daniel Cid wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I just posted in my blog about the new support for CIS benchmarks on
> OSSEC and I want to hear
> the feedback anyone may have.
>
> Link: http://www.ossec.net/dcid/?p=137
>
>
> "
> We just included support in the OSSEC Policy monitor to audit if a
> system is in compliance with the CIS Security Benchmarks
> (as of right now, only RHEL2-5, Fedora 1-5 and Debian/Ubuntu are
> supported - the other versions will be soon).
>
> If you want to try it out manually and provide some feedback to us,
> please follow the instructions bellow to test:
>
>
> First, grab the latest CVS snapshot and compile it (it will be
> included on v1.6 and above):
>
>     # wget http://www.ossec.net/files/snapshots/ossec-hids-080710.tar.gz
>     # tar -zxvf ossec-hids-080710.tar.gz
>     # cd ossec-hids-080710/src/
>     # make clean
>     # make libs
>     # cd rootcheck
>     # make binary
>
> The binary ossec-rootcheck will be created on the current directory
> and we can start using it. A simple scan on my Ubuntu
> box looked like this: (note, that it will do all the normal rootcheck
> tests plus the CIS scans — just grep for CIS if you don't want to see
> the rest):
>
>     # ./ossec-rootcheck
>     ..
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Testing against the CIS Debian Linux
> Benchmark v1.0. File: /proc/sys/kernel/ostype. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 1.4 - Robust partition
> scheme - /tmp is not on its own partition. File: /etc/fstab.
> Reference: http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 1.4 - Robust partition
> scheme - /var is not on its own partition. File: /etc/fstab.
> Reference: http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 2.3 - SSH Configuration -
> Root login allowed. File: /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 2.4 - System Accounting -
> Sysstat not enabled. File: /etc/default/sysstat. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 4.18 - Disable standard
> boot services - Squid Enabled. File: /etc/init.d/squid. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 7.2 - Removable partition
> /media without 'nodev' set. File: /etc/fstab. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 7.2 - Removable partition
> /media without 'nosuid' set. File: /etc/fstab. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 7.3 - User-mounted
> removable partition /media. File: /etc/fstab. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     [INFO]: System Audit: CIS - Debian Linux 8.8 - GRUB Password not
> set. File: /boot/grub/menu.lst. Reference:
> http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/CIS_DebianLinux .
>
>     ..
>
>
> Anyone here using CIS (or FDCC)? As always, feedback and suggestions
> are welcome.
> "
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Daniel B. Cid
> dcid ( at ) ossec.net
>   

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