Thanks for the 2 replies and I will read the pdf. 

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 4:40:58 PM UTC-6, Brent Morris wrote:
>
> Personally, I wouldn't relegate OSSEC to run the syscheck components 
> only.  I would encourage you to keep the rules...
>
> OSSEC is noisy at first...  but the goal is simple.  Find ways to quiet 
> OSSEC without inhibiting its ability to detect and alert you of malicious 
> activity.  That second part of the statement is the key.
>
> http://www.ossec.net/ossec-docs/OSSEC-book-ch4.pdf
>
> There are folks here that can help if you want to configure your ossec to 
> be a little more quiet... and you'll learn a little about Linux in the 
> process.  And a little noise is comforting also...  I worry when OSSEC is 
> quiet...
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 7:28:29 AM UTC-8, Jacob W wrote:
>
>> The rules we have right now are generating way too much traffic. My boss 
>> has asked that we rem or comment out the rules so we just have the syscheck 
>> running. 
>>
>> **I am no Linux guru**
>>
>> I went into and made <!--  and finished with --> in each rule line. 
>> EXAMPLE -  <!-- <include>ms-exchange_rules.xml</include> -->
>>
>> When I restart the ossec-control then run the start I get:  OSSEC 
>> analysisd: Testing rules failed. Configuration error. Exiting.
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>

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