5 OpenBSM is an open-source implementation of Sun's BSM event auditing file
6 format and API. Originally created for Apple Computer by McAfee Research,
7 OpenBSM is now maintained by volunteers and through the generous contributions
8 of several organizations.
10 OpenBSM includes several command line tools, including auditreduce(8) and
11 praudit(8) for reducing and printing audit trails, as well as the libbsm(3)
12 library to manage configuration files, generate audit records, and parse and
13 print audit trails. It also includes the auditd(8) audit configuration
14 daemon, and the auditdistd(8) audit-trail distribution daemon.
16 Coupled with a kernel audit implementation, OpenBSM can be used to maintain
17 system audit streams, and is a foundation for a full audit-enabled system.
18 Portions of OpenBSM, including include files and token-building routines, are
19 reusable in a kernel audit implementation, and may be found in the FreeBSD
24 OpenBSM consists of several directories:
26 bin/ Audit-related command line tools and daemons
27 bsm/ Library header files for BSM
28 compat/ Compatibility code to build on various operating systems
29 etc/ Sample /etc/security configuration files
30 libauditd/ Common audit management functions for auditd and launchd
31 libbsm/ Implementation of BSM library interfaces and man pages
32 man/ System call and configuration file man pages
33 modules/ Directory for auditfilterd module source
34 sys/ System header files for BSM
35 test/ Test token sets and geneneration program
36 tools/ Tool directory, including audump to dump databases
38 The following programs are included with OpenBSM:
40 audit Command line audit control tool
41 auditd Audit management daemon
42 auditdistd Audit trail distribution daemon
43 auditfilterd Experimental event monitoring framework
44 auditreduce Audit trail reduction tool
45 audump Debugging tool to parse and print audit databases
46 praudit Tool to print audit trails
48 Build and Installation
50 Please see the file INSTALL for build and installation instructions.
54 The TrustedBSD Project would appreciate the contribution of bug fixes,
55 enhancements, etc, under the same license found in the top-level LICENSE file.
56 Please see the file CREDITS to learn more about who has contributed to the
61 Information on OpenBSM may be found on the OpenBSM home page:
63 http://www.OpenBSM.org/
65 Information on TrustedBSD may be found on the TrustedBSD home page:
67 http://www.TrustedBSD.org/