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Security Onion


Last Update: 2025-06-25 22:45 UTC


Security Onion is a specialist, security-oriented Linux distribution based on Oracle Linux. It is a free and open platform for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring and log management. It includes custom interfaces for alerting, dashboards, hunting, PCAP, detections and case management. It also includes other tools, such as osquery (a tool for exploring and monitoring operating system data with SQL queries), CyberChef (a web application for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis), Elasticsearch (a data search engine), Logstash (a data collection and processing engine), Kibana (a data visualization plugin for Elasticsearch), Suricata (an intrusion detection and prevention system) and Zeek (a software network analysis framework).

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Security Onion Summary
Distribution Security Onion
Home Page https://securityonionsolutions.com/software
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://securityonion.net/discuss
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://docs.securityonion.net/
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases
Bug Tracker https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/issues
Related Websites GitHub
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Where To Donate, Buy or Try

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 • 2025-06-25: Distribution Release: Security Onion 2.4.160
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Feature 2.4.160
Release Date 2025-06-25
End Of Life 2032
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 14000-15000
Free Download ISO
Installation Text mode
Default Desktop GNOME
Package Management Flatpak, RPM (dnf)
Release Model Fixed
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture x86_64
Init Software systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, XFS
Multilingual Yes
Asian Language Support --
Full Package List 2.4.160
Package 2.4.160
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.13
amdgpu (23.0.0) --
apparmor (4.1.1) --
apt (3.1.3) --
bash (5.3) 5.1.8
bind (9.20.10) --
chromium (138.0.7204.92) 137.0.7151.119
cinnamon (6.4.10) --
cups (2.4.12) 2.3.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.46.5
ffmpeg (7.1.1) --
firefox (140.0.4) 128.11.0
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.12.9
freetype (2.13.3) 2.10.4
gcc (15.1.0) 11.5.0
gimp (3.0.4) --
git (2.50.1) 2.47.1
glibc (2.41) 2.34
gnome-shell (48.3) 40.10
grub (2.12) 2.06
gtk (4.18.6) 4.12.3
httpd (2.4.64) --
inkscape (1.4.2) --
kmod (34.2) 28
krita (5.2.10) --
LibreOffice (25.2.4) --
Package 2.4.160
libselinux (3.8.1) 3.6
linux (6.15.5) 5.15
mariadb (11.8.2) --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --
mesa (25.1.5) 24.2.8
mysql (9.3.0) --
nautilus (48.3) 40.2
NVIDIA (575.64.03) --
openjdk (24.0.1) --
openssh (10.0p1) 8.7p1
openssl (3.5.1) 3.2.2
perl (5.42.0) 5.32.1
php (8.4.10) --
plasma-desktop (6.4.2) --
postfix (3.10.3) --
postgresql (17.5) --
Python (3.13.5) 3.9.21
qt (6.9.1) 5.15.9
samba (4.22.3) --
systemd (257.7) 252
thunderbird (140.0.1) --
vim (9.1) 8.2
vlc (3.0.21) --
wayland (1.24.0) 1.21.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) --
xorg-server (21.1.18) 1.20.11

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