HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.7 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 (766145-001, March 2014)

2 Installation
This chapter provides information about HIDS installation.
IMPORTANT: Read this entire chapter before installing or updating to HIDS v4.7.
Introduction
HP-UX HIDS v4.7 bundle can be downloaded from the HP Software Depot Website. The following
product versions are supported:
HPUX-HIDS F.04.07 for HP-UX 11i v3
The HIDS software product bundle, HPUX-HIDS, contains the IDS and IDS-KRN products. The
IDS-KRN product is used to reduce the likelihood of a system reboot for future HIDS software
updates. The IDS product contains four filesets. Table 2 lists the filesets included in the IDS product.
Table 2 Filesets of HIDS
DescriptionSoftware
The agent software. The agent runs on servers to help protect them from
intrusions.
IDS.IDS-AGT-RUN
The administration software and the shared libraries for the administration
software. The HP-UX HIDS System Manager manages and monitors the HP-UX
HIDS agents.
IDS.IDS-ADM-RUN and
IDS.IDS-ADM-SHLIB
The manpages for HP-UX HIDS.IDS.IDS-ENG-A-MAN
Table 3 describes which software is required on the administration and agent systems and on a
dual or evaluation system running administration and agent software together. The “Installation
Summary” (page 13) describes how to package the software into software depots and install it on
your administration and agent systems.
Table 3 Software to Install
Administration SystemAgent SystemEvaluation or Dual
System
Software
NOYESYESIDS.IDS-AGT-RUN
YESNOYESIDS.IDS-ADM-RUN and
IDS.IDS-ADM-SHLIB
YESYESYESIDS.IDS-ENG-A-MAN
NOYESYESHP-UX required kernel patches
YESNOYESJRE 6.0
YESNOYESJava 6.0 patches
NOYESYESIDS-KRN
YESYESYESOpenSSL
Installation Summary
The following sections provide step-by-step instructions for updating to or cold-installing HIDS v4.7.
This section provides a summary of the tasks.
In addition to these Release Notes, you will need the Host Intrusion Detection System Administrator
Guide Software Release 4.7, for information on configuration and initial startup.
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