Samhain (software)

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 in 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
  • log file entries and e-mail reports are signed
  • support for stealth operation

External links

• Samhain Homepage