On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:12 AM, JPZ <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I’m working on upgrading my OSSEC + SNORT + prelude_manager\prewikka setup
> and ran into a bit of a challenge. Snort has decided to drop prelude support
> as of version 2.9.3 (hit the link for details).  On the other hand OSSEC
> offers the following output options as I understand:
>

I'm pretty sure that functionality is still part of barnyard2. Using
by2 for storing the alerts in something like this has been the only
sane choice for a while now.


> 1.       Multi line output towards <install path>/logs/alerts/alerts.log
> 2.       DB output using <ossec_source>/src/os_dbd/<mysql\postgresql>.schema
> 3.       Prelude output
> 4.       Email alerting
>
> With prelude’s package no longer supported by snort I either need to find a
> new GUI that supports both or run one GUI per IDS\HiDS. My objective is to
> find a GUI that displays info as compacted and categorized as possible so
> that all it takes is one look to know if everything is good, or not.. ( like
> snorby’s dashboard ).
>
> I’ve searched the web for a week or so and found the following alternatives:
>
> ·         BASE, which hasn’t been updated since 2009
> (http://base.secureideas.net/)
>
> o    Supports Snort AND OSSEC ( using ossec2mysql)
>
> ·         Snort Report, AnaLogi, OSSEC WUI, or similar…
>
> o    Only seems to supports either OSSEC or Snort
>
> ·         Log analyzers such as syslog-ng, ELSA, logstash, etc
>
> o    Although they output useful stats, it’s not quite what I’m looking for.
>
> ·         Snorby
>
> o    Supports Snort and Sagan with the usage of Unified2 output \ Barnyard2
>
> o    Can partially support OSSEC with the usage of ossec2mysql since it uses
> snort’s DB schema.
>
> ·         OSSIM \ securityOnion
>
> o    Full blown OS with everything packed together
>
> §  You seem restricted to specific versions of OSSEC, snort, etc. Upgrading
> manually isn’t recommended.
>
>
> Searching OSSEC’s google group for Snorby or unified2 didn’t yield much
> result which seems to indicate interest is low right now or I've something
> ...
>
> So, my questions are:
>
> 1.       Would adding support for Unified2 output be considered in the near
> future in OSSECs roadmap?
>

I think it would be neat, I look forward to the diffs!

> 2.       Is there a chance ossec2mysql be updated to support Snort's DB
> schema ( snorby )? ( my programming skills are null at best but it seems
> only minimal updates are needed, basically redirect the DB INSERTs from
> acid_events to iphrd.)
>

Again, send diffs!

> 3.       What is everyone else using as an Open Source security monitoring
> GUI for snort =>2.9.3 & OSSEC ?
>

Prelude, elsa, logstash, splunk, arcsight, etc. should all work just fine.


>
>
> As usual, thanks in advance for the continuous support the OSSEC community
> gives, all types of comments are welcome ^_^
>
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