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@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ -OpenBSM 1.1 beta 1 +OpenBSM 1.1 Introduction -OpenBSM provides an open source implementation of Sun's BSM Audit API. -Originally created under contract to Apple Computer by McAfee Research, this -implementation is now maintained by volunteers and the generous contribution -of several organizations. Coupled with a kernel audit implementation, -OpenBSM can be used to maintain system audit streams, and is a foundation for -an Audit-enabled system. Portions of OpenBSM, including include files and -token-building routines, are reusable in a kernel audit implementation, and -may be found in the FreeBSD and Mac OS X kernels. +OpenBSM is an open source implementation of Sun's BSM event auditing file +format and API. Originally created for Apple Computer by McAfee Research, +OpenBSM is now maintained by volunteers and through the generous contribution +of several organizations. + +OpenBSM includes several command line tools, including auditreduce(8) and +praudit(8) for reducing and printing audit trails, as well as the libbsm(3) +library to manage configuration files, generate audit records, and parse and +print audit trils. + +Coupled with a kernel audit implementation, OpenBSM can be used to maintain +system audit streams, and is a foundation for a full audit-enabled system. +Portions of OpenBSM, including include files and token-building routines, are +reusable in a kernel audit implementation, and may be found in the FreeBSD +and Mac OS X kernels. Contents @@ -17,7 +24,7 @@ OpenBSM consists of several directories: bin/ Audit-related command line tools bsm/ Library include files for BSM - compat/ Compatibility code to build on various OS's + compat/ Compatibility code to build on various operating systems etc/ Sample /etc/security configuration files libauditd Common audit management functions for auditd and launchd libbsm/ Implementation of BSM library interfaces and man pages @@ -44,7 +51,8 @@ Please see the file INSTALL for build and installation instructions. The TrustedBSD Project would appreciate the contribution of bug fixes, enhancements, etc, under identically or substantially similar licenses to -those present on the remainder of the OpenBSM source code. +those present on the remainder of the OpenBSM source code. Please see the +file CREDITS to learn more about who has contributed to the project. Location @@ -56,4 +64,4 @@ Information on TrustedBSD may be found on the TrustedBSD home page: http://www.TrustedBSD.org/ -$P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/openbsm/README#35 $ +$P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/openbsm/README#36 $ |