Ossec vs OpenSSL: What are the differences?

Developers describe Ossec as "A Host-based Intrusion Detection System". It is a free, open-source host-based intrusion detection system. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, registry monitoring, rootkit detection, time-based alerting, and active response. On the other hand, OpenSSL is detailed as "Full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security and Secure Sockets Layer protocols". It is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.

Ossec and OpenSSL belong to "Security" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Ossec are:

• Open Source HIDS
• Multiplatform HIDS
• PCI Compliance

On the other hand, OpenSSL provides the following key features:

• Robust
• Commercial-grade
• Transport Layer Security