.. _supported-systems:

Supported Systems
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OSSEC supports the following operating systems and log formats.


Operating Systems
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The following operating systems are supported by the OSSEC agent:

* GNU/Linux (all distributions, including RHEL, Ubuntu, Slackware, Debian, etc)
* Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 2012
* VMWare ESX 3.0,3.5 (including CIS checks)
* FreeBSD (all current versions)
* OpenBSD (all current versions)
* NetBSD (all current versions)
* Solaris 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 and 10
* AIX 5.2 and 5.3
* Mac OS X 10.x
* HP-UX 11

Devices supported via Syslog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

These systems/devices are also supported via remote syslog:

* Cisco PIX, ASA and FWSM (all versions)
* Cisco IOS routers (all versions)
* Juniper Netscreen (all versions)
* SonicWall firewall (all versions)
* Checkpoint firewall (all versions)
* Cisco IOS IDS/IPS module (all versions)
* Sourcefire (Snort) IDS/IPS (all versions)
* Dragon NIDS (all versions)
* Checkpoint Smart Defense (all versions)
* McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (v8 and v8.5)
* Bluecoat proxy (all versions)
* Cisco VPN concentrators (all versions)
* VMWare ESXi 4.x

Devices and Operating Systems via Agentless
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Using OSSEC agentless options, the following systems are also supported (for 
log analysis and file integrity checking):

* Cisco PIX, ASA and FWSM (all versions)
* Cisco IOS routers (all versions)
* Juniper Netscreen (all versions)
* SonicWall firewall (all versions)
* Checkpoint firewall (all versions)
* All operating systems specified in the “operating systems” section