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BareTail vs Ossec

A side-by-side look at BareTail and Ossec. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

BareTail

BareTail

System & Hardware

BareTail is a free Windows log file viewer that allows for real-time monitoring of log files. It can track the growth of log files and highlight new log entries. Useful for IT admins and developers to monitor application and system logs.

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Ossec

Ossec

Security & Privacy

Ossec is an open source host-based intrusion detection system that provides log analysis, file integrity monitoring, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.

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