BDR2: Testers Wanted!

I recently announced our move towards Ubuntu 14.04, called the Big Distro Rebuild 2 (BDR2):
http://blog.securityonion.net/2015/09/bdr2-electric-boogaloo-towards-ubuntu.html
http://blog.securityonion.net/2015/10/bdr2-progress-report-towards-ubuntu-1404.html

I'm pleased to report that BDR2 is continuing to progress quite nicely!

We're now ready to start testing in-place upgrades from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04.  If you haven't already, please join our security-onion-testing mailing list and follow the testing procedures at the links below:

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/voIjY2OYjtc/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/dXd0qq5HP3c/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/N9DAGuvqSoo/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/nM75XYnv1DY/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/aTLRDGkXG7o/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/07OZSYfsdrA/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/Bim6Uw5oA3I/discussion

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/ZZugJV04Xts/discussion

Thanks!

BDR2 Progress Report (towards Ubuntu 14.04)

I recently announced our move towards Ubuntu 14.04, called the Big Distro Rebuild 2 (BDR2):
http://blog.securityonion.net/2015/09/bdr2-electric-boogaloo-towards-ubuntu.html

I'm pleased to report that BDR2 is coming along quite nicely!

What works?
At this point, the securityonion-all metapackage and all of its dependencies should install correctly on Ubuntu 14.04 and most of the software should work correctly.

What doesn't work?
Xplico and Salt haven't been moved over yet.  There may be a few other optional packages which haven't been fully tested yet.

How can we help?
We're going to need lots of help testing all of these packages over the next few months, so if you'd like to contribute back to the community, please join the security-onion-testing mailing list and then see the following threads:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/voIjY2OYjtc/discussion
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/dXd0qq5HP3c/discussion
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/N9DAGuvqSoo/discussion

Thanks!

What's new?
Most things are staying the same, although we're updating ELSA to the latest version which includes new animated charts and dashboards using charts.js.

Dashboard showing top DNS, HTTP, and SSL requests

Connections - Top Services

DHCP - DHCP Servers

DNS - Top Return Code

Files - MIME Types

Files - Sources

FTP - Top Commands

HTTP - Top Ports

HTTP - MIME Types

HTTP - Top Sites

HTTP - Sites Hosting EXEs

HTTP - Sites Hosting JARs

HTTP - Sites Hosting SWFs

HTTP - Sites Hosting ZIPs

Kerberos - Top Services

Notice - Top Notice Types

SMTP - Top Subjects

Software - Software Detected by Bro

SSL - Top SSL Versions

X.509 - Key Length

Testers Needed!

We have lots of new packages queued up for release, but we need your help testing them!

If you're not already a member of our security-onion-testing group, please join and then click the following links for testing guidelines.

ELSA rev1205
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/OHhNEapIUgE/discussion

Suricata 2.0.8
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/WKeR1RViDlc/discussion

ossec_agent
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/N5gpeSHmIlk/discussion

Sphinxsearch 2.1.9
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/VWjichsRqPw/discussion

NSM
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/-cbA8FgH7lg/discussion

Setup
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/PBY2wJH9ruo/discussion

As you test each package, please add your test results to the thread.

Thanks in advance for your time and effort!