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+OSSEC v2.8.3 Copyright (C) 2014 Trend Micro Inc.
+
+# Information about OSSEC
+
+OSSEC is a full platform to monitor and control your systems. It mixes together
+all the aspects of HIDS (host-based intrusion detection), log monitoring and
+SIM/SIEM together in a simple, powerful and open source solution.
+
+Visit our website for the latest information. [www.ossec.net](http://www.ossec.net)
+
+
+
+## Current Releases
+
+The current stable releases are available on the ossec website.
+
+* Releases can be downloaded from: [Downloads](http://www.ossec.net/?page_id=19)
+* Release documentation is available at: [docs](http://www.ossec.net/doc/)
+
+## Development ##
+
+The development version are hosted on Github and just a simple git clone away.
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ossec/ossec-hids.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ossec/ossec-hids)
+
+## Quick install
+
+```
+# (cd /tmp/ && wget http://www.ossec.net/files/ossec-hids-2.7.1.tar.gz && tar xfz ossec-hids-2.7.1.tar.gz && cd ossec-hids-2.7.1 && sudo ./install.sh )
+
+```
+
+Then follow the prompts. You should still Read the Documenation [here](http://ossec.net/doc/).
+
+## Credits and Thanks ##
+
+* OSSEC comes with a modified version of zlib and a small part
+ of openssl (sha1 and blowfish libraries)
+* This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
+ for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
+* This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric
+ Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
+* This product include software developed by the zlib project
+ (Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler).
+* This product include software developed by the cJSON project
+ (Dave Gamble)
+
+