Overview
Tripwire is an intrusion detection and data integrity product that allows you to construct a "baseline" server state representing optimal settings. Tripwire does not prevent breaches, but rather compares current state with desired state to determine if any accidental or deliberate changes have occurred. If changes are detected, they can be rolled back with minimal interruption of services.
Tripwire for Servers
This is a self-contained integrity assessment system that you install on each machine you want to monitor. Please see Tripwire's product information page for more details on Tripwire for Servers. Tripwire for Servers version 4.0 is available for the following platforms:
- Windows XP, Professional Edition
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Server, and "Server, Enterprise Edition"
- Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server
- Solaris (SPARC) 2.6, 7 & 8
- IBM AIX 5L 4.3.3, 5.1
- HP-UX 10.2 (separate executable from 11.x versions)
- HP-UX 11.0 and 11i (11.x 32- and 64-bit versions are fully supported)
- Linux Kernel 2.2 and higher ¹
- Red Hat 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0
- Debian 2.2
- SuSE 7.3, 8.0, 8.1
- Mandrake 8.2
- Caldera 2.4
- Slackware 8.0
- Turbolinux Server 7.0
- Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
- FreeBSD 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7 ²
- Compaq Tru64 UNIX 4.0F, 4.0G, 5.0A, 5.1 and 5.1A
Tripwire Manager
This is a Java-based application with a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows you to manage multiple installations of Tripwire for Servers software from a central location. Please see Tripwire's product information page for more details on Tripwire Manager. Tripwire Manager version 4.0 is available for the following platforms:
- Windows XP, Professional Edition
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Server, and "Server, Enterprise Edition"
- Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server
- Solaris (SPARC) 7, 8, and 9
- Red Hat Linux 7.x or 8.0
Tripwire is currently not available for Mac OSX, but coverage is anticipated in the future. SGI IRIX is not supported.
¹ Users of the free version of Tripwire for Linux should upgrade to this program.
² Even though Tripwire only officially supports FreeBSD 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7, the software may run on earlier versions.
Cost and Eligibility
Tripwire is available to Departments at UT Austin and the UT System Administration Office for use on University-owned equipment only. In order to participate in the UT Tripwire Program:
- You should have a trained administrator who can effectively manage the product.
- You must annually pay maintenance and support fees on which the Tripwire software is installed.
System Requirements
Detailed system requirements are available on Tripwire's Web site.
Supported Hardware
Tripwire is available for Windows, UNIX, Linux and FreeBSD on a variety of hardware. Tripwire is not currently available for the Macintosh platform.
