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Source Code

Argus versions 2.0.6 and argus-3.0.0 (pre-release) are available. While argus-3.0.0 is pre-release, it has been tested for over a year now, and is very stable. Please consider running argus-3.0.0 as your first choice for argus and the its client programs. Source code for the these distributions can be downloaded via HTTP or FTP from the following locations:

   
HTTP -  http://qosient.com/argus/src
FTP -  ftp://qosient.com/pub/argus/src
   
Argus-3.0.0 is a pre-release package, which you should get as the tarball using the links above. Source code packages for argus-3.0.0 will be available in the coming weeks (April, 2008). Argus-2.0.6 source code packages for several platforms are available:
   
Red Hat Linux 7.0 -  http://qosient.com/argus/rpms
  ftp://qosient.com/pub/argus/rpms
Debian GNU/Linux -  http://packages.debian.org/argus-server
  http://packages.debian.org/argus-client
FreeBSD -  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/net/argus.tar
   
Argus source requires libpcap, and the GNU bison, and it is suggested that you link argus with tcp_wrappers. Argus can also be linked to cyrus-sasl for remote access security. Copies of the most recent versions of these packages can be found at:
   
libpcap -  http://www.tcpdump.org/release
GNU bison -  http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
tcp_wrappers -  ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security
cyrus-sasl -  ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail
   


Binary Packages

Argus-3.0.0 is a pre-release package, which you should get as the source tarball using the links above. Binary packages for argus-3.0.0 will be available in the coming weeks (April, 2008) as distribution maintainers port argus-3.0 to their platforms. Binary distributions of argus-2.x are available for several platforms.

   
Red Hat Linux 7.0 -  http://qosient.com/argus/rpms
  ftp://qosient.com/pub/argus/rpms
Debian GNU/Linux -  http://packages.debian.org/argus-server
  http://packages.debian.org/argus-client
FreeBSD -  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/Latest/argus.tbz
   

If you have, know of, or are in a position to generate, a binary package for any missing platforms, please send mail to argus-packages@qosient.com.

 

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