Well the latest version of the OSSEC HIDS has been released and is awaiting your usage. Downloading and using such a tool is an excellent way to cement lessons learnt about computer security. Also it is a good to test exploit code out and in turn see how the HIDS reacts to it. That way you get the “cause and effect” of it all. Give it a shot!
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