OSSEC

Projects that follow the best practices below can voluntarily self-certify and show that they've achieved an Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) best practices badge.

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These are the Gold level criteria. You can also view the Passing or Silver level criteria.

        

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  • Identification

    OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. It runs on most operating systems, including Linux, MacOS, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and Windows.

  • Prerequisites


    Not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST achieve a silver level badge. [achieve_silver]

  • Project oversight


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have a "bus factor" of 2 or more. (URL required) [bus_factor]

    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have at least two unassociated significant contributors. (URL required) [contributors_unassociated]

  • Other


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST include a license statement in each source file. This MAY be done by including the following inside a comment near the beginning of each file: SPDX-License-Identifier: [SPDX license expression for project]. [license_per_file]

  • Public version-controlled source repository


    Enough for a badge!

    The project's source repository MUST use a common distributed version control software (e.g., git or mercurial). [repo_distributed]

    The project uses git, https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST clearly identify small tasks that can be performed by new or casual contributors. (URL required) [small_tasks]

    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST require two-factor authentication (2FA) for developers for changing a central repository or accessing sensitive data (such as private vulnerability reports). This 2FA mechanism MAY use mechanisms without cryptographic mechanisms such as SMS, though that is not recommended. [require_2FA]

    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project's two-factor authentication (2FA) SHOULD use cryptographic mechanisms to prevent impersonation. Short Message Service (SMS) based 2FA, by itself, does NOT meet this criterion, since it is not encrypted. [secure_2FA]

  • Coding standards


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST document its code review requirements, including how code review is conducted, what must be checked, and what is required to be acceptable. (URL required) [code_review_standards]

    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have at least 50% of all proposed modifications reviewed before release by a person other than the author, to determine if it is a worthwhile modification and free of known issues which would argue against its inclusion [two_person_review]

  • Working build system


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have a reproducible build. If no building occurs (e.g., scripting languages where the source code is used directly instead of being compiled), select "not applicable" (N/A). (URL required) [build_reproducible]

    Reproducible building is available our published RPM and DEB spec files. These are included in our git repository

    Warning: URL required, but no URL found.


  • Automated test suite


    Enough for a badge!

    A test suite MUST be invocable in a standard way for that language. (URL required) [test_invocation]

    Test suite requires python, ossec, and the build tools to compile ossec: https://ossec.github.io/docs/development/build/test-rules.html#requirements


    Enough for a badge!

    The project MUST implement continuous integration, where new or changed code is frequently integrated into a central code repository and automated tests are run on the result. (URL required) [test_continuous_integration]

    Automatic build testing is integrated with github & travis at: https://travis-ci.org/ossec


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have FLOSS automated test suite(s) that provide at least 90% statement coverage if there is at least one FLOSS tool that can measure this criterion in the selected language. [test_statement_coverage90]

    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have FLOSS automated test suite(s) that provide at least 80% branch coverage if there is at least one FLOSS tool that can measure this criterion in the selected language. [test_branch_coverage80]

  • Use basic good cryptographic practices

    Note that some software does not need to use cryptographic mechanisms. If your project produces software that (1) includes, activates, or enables encryption functionality, and (2) might be released from the United States (US) to outside the US or to a non-US-citizen, you may be legally required to take a few extra steps. Typically this just involves sending an email. For more information, see the encryption section of Understanding Open Source Technology & US Export Controls.

    Not enough for a badge.

    The software produced by the project MUST support secure protocols for all of its network communications, such as SSHv2 or later, TLS1.2 or later (HTTPS), IPsec, SFTP, and SNMPv3. Insecure protocols such as FTP, HTTP, telnet, SSLv3 or earlier, and SSHv1 MUST be disabled by default, and only enabled if the user specifically configures it. If the software produced by the project does not support network communications, select "not applicable" (N/A). [crypto_used_network]

    As this project by its nature is designed to act as a syslog server replacement, as the server component we are at the mercy of whatever the client submitting traffic uses. However the core OSSEC project uses only encrypted protocols between OSSEC agent and server installations.


    Enough for a badge!

    The software produced by the project MUST, if it supports or uses TLS, support at least TLS version 1.2. Note that the predecessor of TLS was called SSL. If the software does not use TLS, select "not applicable" (N/A). [crypto_tls12]

  • Secured delivery against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project website, repository (if accessible via the web), and download site (if separate) MUST include key hardening headers with nonpermissive values. (URL required) [hardened_site]

    The project source code is stored on github, further, release tags and archives are digitally signed with the release maintainer GPG keys.

    Warning: URL required, but no URL found.


  • Other security issues


    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST have performed a security review within the last 5 years. This review MUST consider the security requirements and security boundary. [security_review]

    Unknown required information, not enough for a badge.

    Hardening mechanisms MUST be used in the software produced by the project so that software defects are less likely to result in security vulnerabilities. (URL required) [hardening]

    All official binary packages are built with hardening flags (FORTIFY, etc), relro, and PIE settings. Source builds include references to these flags as well (compilerpermitting)

    Warning: URL required, but no URL found.


  • Dynamic code analysis


    Not enough for a badge.

    The project MUST apply at least one dynamic analysis tool to any proposed major production release of the software produced by the project before its release. [dynamic_analysis]

    The project currently uses Coverity scans at: https://scan.coverity.com/projects/1847


    Barely enough for a badge.

    The project SHOULD include many run-time assertions in the software it produces and check those assertions during dynamic analysis. [dynamic_analysis_enable_assertions]

    This is currently planned for the next round of improvements in our travis-ci integration



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Entry created on 2015-11-05 17:49:54 UTC, last updated on 2016-08-21 20:38:19 UTC.

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