Description:

The Prelude library is a collection of generic functions providing
communication between the Prelude Hybrid IDS suite components. It
provides a convenient interface for sending alerts to Prelude Manager
with transparent SSL, failover and replication support, asynchronous
events and timer interfaces, an abstracted configuration API (hooking
at the commandline, the configuration line, or wide configuration,
available from the Manager), and a generic plugin API. It allows you
to easily turn your favorite security program into a Prelude sensor.