Evaluation of Some Windows and Linux Intrusion Detection Tools

The paper evaluates some the security tools. Top security tools can be found in http://sectools.org/. Most important vulnerabilities in Windows and Linux can be found in www.sans.org/top20/.

The paper covers the installation and configuration of the following security tools:
• LANguard
• Nessus
• Snort
• BASE
• ACID
• Rman
• SnortCenter.
• OSSEC
• Sguil
 
Keywords: Vulnerability Assessment Tools, Intrusion Detection Tools, LANguard, Nessus, Snort, BASE, Rman, OSSEC, Sguil.