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Ossec vs rsyslog

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

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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rsyslog

rsyslog

Network & Admin

rsyslog is an open-source software utility used on Linux and Unix systems for forwarding log messages in an IP network. It provides reliable logging solutions for system and security monitoring, log management, analysis and reporting.

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