The best replacement for ossec is snort.

The best alternatives to ossec are rated as following:
★★★★★  snort
★★★★  tripwire
★★★  ossim
★★★  fail2ban
★★★  samhain
★★★  aide
★  snare
★  suricata
★  security onion
★  rkhunter
  sagan
  osiris

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