Package: samhain (2.2.3-2)

Data integrity and host intrusion alert system

Samhain is an integrity checker and host intrusion detection system that can be used on single hosts as well as large, UNIX-based networks. It supports central monitoring as well as powerful (and new) stealth features to run undetected on memory using steganography.

Main features

    * Complete integrity check
         + uses cryptographic checksums of files to detect
           modifications,
         + can find rogue SUID executables anywhere on disk, and
    * Centralized monitoring
         + native support for logging to a central server via encrypted
           and authenticated connections
    * Tamper resistance
         + database and configuration files can be signed
         + logfile entries and e-mail reports are signed
         + support for stealth operation

Homepage: http://la-samhna.de/samhain/index.html

Tags: System Administration: Monitoring, User Interface: Command Line, Daemon, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Security: Intrusion Detection, File Integrity, Purpose: Monitoring