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  Tripwire Enterprise 7.x Tripwire for Servers 4.x Open Source Tripwire 2.x
Device Support:      
Servers X X X
Midsize X    
Desktops X X X (Linux Only)
Network Devices X
Directory Servers X
Databases X    
Server OS Support :      
Windows X X
Unix Solaris/SPARC, Solaris/x86, AIX, HP-UX Solaris/SPARC, AIX, HP-UX, FreeBSD POSIX-compliant OSes, but must be ported & compiled
Linux Red Hat, SUSE, CentOS and Fedora Core 2 Red Hat, SUSE, TurboLinux Linux Kernel - Must be compiled
IBM i5/OS for AS400/iSeries    
Directory Servers Microsoft Active Directory, Sun Java System Directory Servers and Novell eDirectory    
Configuration Assessment/Policy Compliance X    
Change Detection
  • Comprehensive checking of files and system properties
  • Multiple rules can be applied to a single device
  • Devices can be grouped and multiple rules applied
  • Real-time event detection
  • Comprehensive checking of files and system properties
  • Only 1 policy per server
  • Tripwire Manager can push a policy out to multiple servers
  • Basic checking of files and system properties
  • Only 1 policy per server
Reporting: Centralized portfolio of 30+ tailorable, graphical reports and dash­boards Text based per server
Graphical reports, color-coded by severity viewable within Tripwire Manager 		Textual reports, 1-5 levels of detail
Span Centralized Individual servers or centralized with Tripwire Manager Individual servers
Send SNMP traps & emails X X X
Dashboards X    
PDF Output X    
HTML Output X X  
XML Output X X  
Management: Centralized point of control Centralized point of control (using Tripwire Manager) Single host based
Practical Scalability Millions of elements Up to 100 servers  
Multi-user X    
User-based roles and permissions X    
Database of change history X    
Audit Trail X Some  
Node Groupings X With Manager  
User Interface:      
Command Line X X X
GUI Console X With Manager  
Web Browser X    
Remote access X    
Automatic Reconciliation Promote by match using:
  • Conditional actions
  • Custom properties
  • Reference node
  • Change report
  • Change manifest
 Promote by match using a report file  
Integrations SOAP API integrates with most Enterprise Management System frameworks including Remedy AR System, HP OpenView and Web APIs Integrates with most Enterprise Management System frameworks including Remedy AR System and HP OpenView  
Support Full commercial support from Tripwire; integrated with Customer Center Full commercial support from Tripwire; access Customer Center Support through user community
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