HP Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) manual Configuring a Loopback System

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Configuration

Configuring a Loopback System

 

 

Configuring a Loopback System

 

 

On a non-networked system (no IP address) or for testing purposes, you may want to set

 

 

up the administration system in a loopback arrangement. This allows only a locally

 

 

running agent to communicate with the System Manager on the same system; no other

 

 

agent systems can be monitored.

 

 

To configure a loopback system

Step

1.

On the administration system, become user ids:

 

 

$ su - ids

Step

2.

Edit the agent configuration file; for example:

 

 

$ vi /etc/opt/ids/ids.cf

Step

3.

Set the value of IDS_LISTEN_IFACE to:

 

 

IDS_LISTEN_IFACE 127.0.0.1

Step

4.

Set the value of REMOTEHOST in ids.cf to:

 

 

REMOTEHOST 127.00.1

Step

5.

Edit the System Manager script; for example:

 

 

$ vi /opt/ids/bin/idsgui

Step

6.

Set the value of INTERFACE in idsgui to:

 

 

INTERFACE=127.0.0.1

Step

7.

Start the System Manager (see “Starting the HP-UX HIDS System Manager” on

 

 

page 46).

Step

8.

On the Host Manager screen, set up the administration system as an agent system,

 

 

using 127.0.0.1 as its IP address (see “Adding a New Host Manually” on page 87 or

 

 

“Modifying a Host” on page 91).

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