HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.4 Release Notes (5900-1612, April 2011)

NOTE: Logins/Logouts, Failed logins and failed su attempts are not supported in HP-UX
Containers (HP-UX SRP).
• Complements network-based security solutions and bolsters the overall security of the computing
infrastructure. HP-UX HIDS is designed to detect intrusions that network-based security products
cannot identify, thereby strengthening the integrity of the host system as the last line of defense.
• Provides immediate notification when a suspicious activity is detected, and supports real-time
response.
Documentation
The HP-UX HIDS documentation includes manuals, manpages, information on the HP OpenView
SMART Plug-In, an IDS Mailing List , and the ITRC Security Forum.
Manuals
The following documents are available at the HP technical documentation Website in the Internet
Security Solutions collection, http://docs.hp.com/en/internet and on the Instant Information CD
in the Internet and Security Solutions collection.
TitleHP Part No.
HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.4 Administrator's Guide.5900–1612
Manpages
After installation, you can access the following manpages online using the man command. Before
accessing these manpages, add /opt/ids/share/man to your MANPATH environment variable
as follows:
export MANPATH=/opt/ids/share/man:$MANPATH
ManpagesDirectory
• IDS_checkAdminCert( 1M)
• IDS_checkAgentCert( 1M)
• IDS_checkInstall( 1M)
• IDS_genAdminKeys( 1M)
• IDS_genAgentCerts( 1M)
• IDS_importAgentKeys( 1M)
• idsadmin( 1M)
• idsagent( 1M)
• idsgui( 1M)
/opt/ids/share/man/man1m
• ids.cf( 4)
• idsschedule( 4)
/opt/ids/share/man/man4m
HP OpenView SMART Plug-In
The OVO HPUX_HIDS-SPI has been certified by HP for OVO V5.x as well as V6.x, and is known
to work with OVO V7.1. A future HPUX_HIDS-SPI version is being planned for certification with
OVO V8.
For more information on the HP OpenView SMART plug-in, see HP OpenView Operations SMART
Plug-In for HIDS available at: http://openview.hp.com/products/spi/spi_ids/index.html
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