HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.2 Release Notes

In addition to these Release Notes, you will need the Host Intrusion Detection System Administrator’s
Guide Software Release 4.2, for information on configuration and initial startup.
1. Ensure that your administration and agent systems meet the requirements as described in
“Hardware and Software Requirements” (page 20).
2. If you want to migrate your existing schedules to HIDS 4.2, complete the steps listed in
“Migrating Schedules from Older Versions of HIDS” (page 21).
3. Perform the preinstallation tasks described in “Preinstallation” (page 21).
4. Create software depots for the administration system and the agent systems, as described
in “Making Depots” (page 21).
5. Install the software on your administration and agent systems, as described in “Installing
the Depots” (page 27).
6. Perform the post-installation tasks described in “Postinstallation” (page 29).
7. Create secure communication certificates and perform other configuration tasks, as outlined
in “Configuration” (page 29).
Hardware and Software Requirements
Check that your systems meet the requirements for installing HP-UX HIDS.
Administration and Agent Systems
Each administration and agent system must meet the following requirements:
• The administration and agent system must be running HP–UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3. To
check, enter the following command:
# uname -r
It should display B.11.23 or B.11.31 respectively.
• The system must be running either HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3.
• You must be a superuser to do the installation.
Administration System
The system on which you plan to install the administration software must meet the following
requirements:
• You must have 26 MB of free disk space in /opt/ids and space for configuration files in
/etc/opt/ids and log files in /var/opt/ids.
• You must have Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0) and all the corresponding
Java patches. Java installation is part of these installation instructions.
Agent Systems
Each system on which you plan to install the agent software must meet the following requirements:
• You must have 8 MB of free disk space in /opt/ids.
• The memory mapped file (/var/opt/ids/ids_*) is 20 M in size. HP recommends that
you have at least 50 M of free space in /var for the memory mapped files and log files.
• The cron daemon must be enabled. Refer to cron(1M) for more information.
• Virtual memory usage by the idscor process can be as high as 200 M. You may need to
increase the maxdsiz tunable parameter for your system.
Dual System
If a system is both an administration system and an agent system, it must meet the requirements
for both system types.
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