On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:24 AM, GeorgeY <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks dan.
> i have configured those lines in ossec.conf on the server.
> Questions
> 1. if ossec and syslog-ng are both running on the same server
> (different ports) - will this work? read a post and it seems this is a
> bad idea.

I'm not using syslog-ng, but I haven't noticed any problems running a
syslog server and ossec server on the same box.

> 2. Also correct me if i'm wrong, if i do not specify the <level>
> parameters under <syslog_output>, items that appear in /ossec/log/
> alerts should be passed to the syslog server?

I think so, but I haven't set this up in a while.

> 3. Do i need to change any settings under
>
> <remote>
>    <connection>syslog</connection>
>  </remote>
>
>  <remote>
>    <connection>secure</connection>
>  </remote>
>
>  <alerts>
>    <log_alert_level>1</log_alert_level>
>    <email_alert_level>7</email_alert_level>
>  </alerts>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

You probably don't need both the syslog and secure connection options.

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