Linux Audit

   

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Download:

The latest stable release is 4.0.1, released Mar 11, 2024.
ChangeLog

audit-4.0.1.tar.gz

audit-4.0.tar.gz


RHEL-9

audit-3.1.3.tar.gz

audit-3.1.2.tar.gz


RHEL-7

audit-2.8.5.tar.gz

audit-1.7.18.tar.gz

 

Future Direction

4.1.X - IDS / IPS
4.2.X - TLS for remote logging, (maybe container support)

Technical Resources

github
git clone https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace.git or browse audit code

Mail List
The mail list was migrated to https://lists.linux-audit.osci.io (as of Nov 6, 2023).
Besides the archives at the new website, archives can also be found here:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-audit&r=1&w=2
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-audit

IRC
We have #audit on libera.chat

Blog
Security + Data Science

Specs
The specifications have moved to github.

Log Visualization Tool
audit-explorer

Helpful Diagrams
A diagram showing Audit System State
A diagram of fields in common events Event Fields

Presentations:
Presentation from 2018 devconf about the audit log normalizer
Updated version of the 2007 Red Hat Summit slides about audit system and layering an IDS/IPS on it
Presentation given at Red Hat Summit 2008 about audit system and the prelude plugin
Presentation given at Red Hat Summit 2007 about audit system and layering an IDS/IPS on it
Slides from audit BoFs at SE Linux Symposium 2007
Slides from audit BoFs at SE Linux Symposium 2006

FAQ
Audit System FAQ (old)

Test Suites
ausearch-test-0.6
audit-validation-0.1