HP Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) manual Adding New Hosts, Adding a New Host Manually

Host Manager Screen

Adding New Hosts

Adding New Hosts

You can add agent hosts in the following ways:

•By hand: “Adding a New Host Manually” on page 87

•From /etc/hosts: “Adding New Hosts from /etc/hosts” on page 89

•From a file: “Adding New Hosts from a File” on page 90

•By creating X.509 certificates and restarting the System Manager: “Setting Up the HP-UX HIDS Secure Communications” on page 20

CAUTION	HP-UX HIDS uses the IP address to identify and communicate with the agent host. The
	host name is displayed in the Host fields and is part of the alert and error log file names.
	So the final value of the Host field can have any value you choose.
	It is possible to have duplicate host names with different IP addresses. If both refer to
	different hosts with running agents, their alert and error messages will be stored in the
	same alert and error log files on the administration system.

Adding a New Host Manually

To add a new host manually

On the Host Manager screen:

Step 1. Bring up the Add Host dialog (Figure 6-2) with one of:

	• Choose the Edit > Add Host > Manually menu item
	• Click the Add button
	•	Right-click and select Add New Host from the menu
	•	Enter Shift-F6
Figure 6-2	Add Host Dialog

Step 2. Fill in the Host Name and IP Address fields. There are three ways you can do this, described in order of preference.

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