Host Intrusion Detection System Administrator's Guide Release 3.0

Conﬁguration

Introduction

Chapter 2

Introduction

Once you have installed or updated your HP-UX HIDS software (see the Release Notes

cited in “Documentation” on page 2), you need to complete the conﬁguration with the

following required and optional steps.

Required

Before you run HP-UX HIDS, you must complete the following conﬁguration steps.

• “Setting Up the HP-UX HIDS Secure Communications” on page 20

You need to create certiﬁcates to ensure secure communication between the

Administration system and the Agent systems.

Optional

You may also need to complete one or more of the following steps.

• “Conﬁguring a Multihomed Agent System” on page 25

If you have agent systems with more than one IP address, you may need to specify

the correct address to the agent and administration software.

• “Conﬁguring a Multihomed Administration System” on page 27

If you have an administration system with more than one IP address, you may need

to specify the correct address to the administration software.

• “Conﬁguring a Loopback System” on page 29

• “Conﬁguring Ports” on page 30

• “Working with NIS” on page 30

• “Working with Firewalls” on page 30

• “Enabling Large Numbers of Agents” on page 31

• “Enabling Over 23 Agents (Thread Limits)” on page 31

If you have many agent systems, you may need to increase the thread limit on the

administration system.

• “Enabling Over 20 Inbound Requests” on page 32

• “Accessing Manpages” on page 33