HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.3 administrator guide
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.3 administrator guide
- Table of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring HP-UX HIDS
- 3 Getting Started with HP-UX HIDS
- 4 Using the System Manager Screen
- Starting the HP-UX HIDS System Manager
- Stopping the HP-UX HIDS System Manager
- System Manager Components
- Starting HP-UX HIDS Agents
- Getting the Status of Agent Hosts
- Resynchronizing Agent Hosts
- Activating Schedules on Agent Hosts
- Stopping Schedules on Agent Hosts
- Halting HP-UX HIDS Agents
- Accessing Other Screens
- 5 Using the Schedule Manager Screen
- The Schedule Manager
- Configuring Surveillance Schedules
- Configuring Surveillance Groups
- Configuring Detection Templates
- Setting Surveillance Schedule Timetables
- Configuring Alert Aggregation
- Configuring Monitor Failed Attempts
- Configuring Duplicate Alert Suppression
- Viewing Surveillance Schedule Details
- Predefined Surveillance Schedules and Groups
- 6 Using the Host Manager Screen
- 7 Using the Network Node Screen
- 8 Using the Preferences Screen
- A Templates and Alerts
- Alert Summary
- UNIX Regular Expressions
- Limitations
- Template Property Types
- Buffer Overflow Template
- Race Condition Template
- Modification of files/directories Template
- Changes to Log File Template
- Creation and Modification of setuid/setgid File Template
- Creation of World-Writable File Template
- Modification of Another User’s File Template
- Login/Logout Template
- Repeated Failed Logins Template
- Repeated Failed su Commands Template
- Log File Monitoring Template
- B Automated Response for Alerts
- C Tuning Schedules and Generating Alert Reports
- D The Agent Configuration File
- E The Surveillance Schedule Text File
- F Error Messages
- G Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- Agent and System Manager cannot communicate with each other
- Agent complains that idds has not been enabled, yet lsdev shows /dev/idds is present
- Agent does not start on system boot
- Agent halts abnormally, leaving ids_* files and message queues
- Agent host appears to hang and/or you see message disk full
- Agent needs further troubleshooting
- Agent does not start after installation
- Agents appear to be stuck in polling status
- Agent displays error if hostname to IP mapping is not registered in name service
- Aggregated alerts targets or details field are truncated and the same aggregated alert has several entries logged in the IDS_ALERTFILE
- Alert date/time sort seems inconsistent
- Alerts are not being displayed in the alert browser
- Buffer overflow triggers false positives
- Duplicate alerts appear in System Manager
- Getting several aggregated alerts for the same process
- GUI runs out of memory after receiving around 19,000 alerts
- The idsadmin Command needs installed agent certificates
- The idsadmin Command notifies of bad certificate when pinging a remote agent
- IDS_checkInstall fails with a kmtune error
- IDS_genAdminKeys or IDS_genAgentCerts does not complete successfully
- IDS_genAdminKeys or idsgui quits early
- Large files in /var/opt/ids
- Log files are filling up
- No Agent Available
- Normal operation of an application generates heavy volume of alerts
- Reflection X rlogin produces multiple login and logout alerts
- Schedule Manager timetable screen appears to hang
- SSH does not perform a clean exit after idsagent is started
- System Manager appears to hang
- System Manager does not let you save files to specific directories
- System Manager does not start after idsgui is started
- System Manager starts with no borders or title bar in X client programs on Windows
- System Manager times out on agent functions such as Activate and Status Poll
- UNKNOWN program and arguments in certain alert messages
- Using HP-UX HIDS with IPFilter and SecureShell
- Unable to Generate Administrator Keys and Agent Certificates on PA–RISC 1.1 Systems
- Troubleshooting
- H HP Software License
About This Document
This document describes how to configure and administer the HP-UX HIDS software on HP-UX
servers and workstations running HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3.
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Intended Audience
This document is intended for system managers or administrators who configure and administer
HIDS on HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
HP-UX HIDS 4.4 is available on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3.
Publishing History
The printing date and part number in this guide indicate the current edition. The printing date
changes when a new edition is printed. Minor corrections and updates which are incorporated
at reprint do not cause the date to change. The part number changes when extensive technical
changes are incorporated.
New editions of this manual incorporate all material updated since the previous edition.
Edition 11 September 2009. Part number 5900-0439. Software Version 4.4
Edition 10 May 2009. Part number 5992-6529. Software Version 4.3
Edition 9 December 2008. Part number 5992-5843. Software Version 4.2
Edition 8 September 2007. Part number 5992-2108. Software Version 4.1
Edition 7 April 2007. Part number 5992-0705. Software Version 4.1
Edition 6 January 2006. Part number 5991-5199. Software Version 4.0
Edition 5 May 2005. Part number 5991-1162. Software Version 3.1.
Edition 4 October 2004. Part number J5083-90013. Software Version 3.0.
Edition 3 September 2003. Part number J5083-90011. Software Version 2.2.
Edition 2 December 2001. Part number J5083-90007. Software version V.0 (and 2.1),
published under the title HP Intrusion Detection System/9000 Administrator’s
Guide.
Edition 1 July 2000. Part number J5083-90001. Software Version 1.0, published under the
title HP Praesidium Intrusion Detection System/9000 Guide.
Document Organization
The HP-UX HIDS System Administrator's Guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction: Introduces HP-UX HIDS and provides information about its role
in enhancing host-level security within a network.
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