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Ossec vs vnStat

A side-by-side look at Ossec and vnStat. 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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vnStat

vnStat

Network & Admin

vnStat is an open-source network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel to keep track of the monthly, daily and hourly bandwidth usage.

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