An IDS (Intrusion detection system) is a device or software application that monitors network or system
activities for malicious activities or policy violations and produces reports to a management station. IDS
come in a variety of “flavors” and approach the goal of detecting suspicious traffic in different ways.
There are network based (NIDS) and host based (HIDS) intrusion detection systems. Some systems may
attempt to stop an intrusion attempt but this is neither required nor expected of a monitoring system.
IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) is definitely the next level of security technology with its capability to
provide security at all system levels from the operating system kernel to network data packets. It
provides policies and rules for network traffic along with an IDS for alerting system or network
administrators to suspicious traffic, but allows the administrator to provide the action upon being
alerted. Where IDS informs of a potential attack, an IPS makes attempts to stop it. Another huge leap
over IDS, is that IPS has the capability of being able to prevent known intrusion signatures, but also
some unknown attacks due to its database of generic attack behaviours. Thought of as a combination of
IDS and an application layer firewall for protection, IPS is generally considered to be the "next
generation" of IDS.
IDS - Intrusion Detection System presentation designed for HNDIT semester 3 OS and Security assignment.
This describe Host,Network,Anomaly,Active,Passive Intrusion Detection Systems
Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems Cleverence Kombe
Intrusion detection system (IDS) is software that automates the intrusion detection process. The primary responsibility of an IDS is to detect unwanted and malicious activities. Intrusion prevention system (IPS) is software that has all the capabilities of an intrusion detection system and can also attempt to stop possible incidents.
IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) is definitely the next level of security technology with its capability to
provide security at all system levels from the operating system kernel to network data packets. It
provides policies and rules for network traffic along with an IDS for alerting system or network
administrators to suspicious traffic, but allows the administrator to provide the action upon being
alerted. Where IDS informs of a potential attack, an IPS makes attempts to stop it. Another huge leap
over IDS, is that IPS has the capability of being able to prevent known intrusion signatures, but also
some unknown attacks due to its database of generic attack behaviours. Thought of as a combination of
IDS and an application layer firewall for protection, IPS is generally considered to be the "next
generation" of IDS.
IDS - Intrusion Detection System presentation designed for HNDIT semester 3 OS and Security assignment.
This describe Host,Network,Anomaly,Active,Passive Intrusion Detection Systems
Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems Cleverence Kombe
Intrusion detection system (IDS) is software that automates the intrusion detection process. The primary responsibility of an IDS is to detect unwanted and malicious activities. Intrusion prevention system (IPS) is software that has all the capabilities of an intrusion detection system and can also attempt to stop possible incidents.
Computer Security and Intrusion Detection(IDS/IPS)LJ PROJECTS
This ppt explain you various type of possible attack, security property, Traffic Analysis, Security mechanism Intrusion detection system, vulnerability, Attack framework etc.
first ever presentation containing basic information about Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention System with advantages and disadvantages...
specially bibliography attached for engineering students.
it also contains 2013 powerpoint graphics.
hope it may helpful to u all.. your suggestions will be always welcomed..
ids&ips technique is used to capture logs,sessions,port no,trojans,and malicious activity on the networkand servers.here u can get detailed about ids and ips techniques
Analysis and Design for Intrusion Detection System Based on Data MiningPritesh Ranjan
Reference:
Dyuanyang Zhao, Zhilin Feng, Qingxiang Xu, “Analysis and design for Intrusion detection system based on data mining” in proceedings of 2010 IEEE second international workshop on education technology and computer science
Seminar Presentation | Network Intrusion Detection using Supervised Machine L...Jowin John Chemban
By:
Jowin John Chemban (jowinchemban@gmail.com)
HGW16CS022 (2016-2020 Batch)
S7 B.Tech Computer Science Engineering
Holy Grace Academy of Engineering, Mala
Date : September 2019
What is IDS?
Software or hardware device
Monitors network or hosts for:
Malware (viruses, trojans, worms)
Network attacks via vulnerable ports
Host based attacks, e.g. privilege escalation
What is in an IDS?
An IDS normally consists of:
Various sensors based within the network or on hosts
These are responsible for generating the security events
A central engine
This correlates the events and uses heuristic techniques and rules to create alerts
A console
To enable an administrator to monitor the alerts and configure/tune the sensors
Different types of IDS
Network IDS (NIDS)
Examines all network traffic that passes the NIC that the sensor is running on
Host based IDS (HIDS)
An agent on the host that monitors host activities and log files
Stack-Based IDS
An agent on the host that monitors all of the packets that leave or enter the host
Can monitor a specific protocol(s) (e.g. HTTP for webserver)
Computer Security and Intrusion Detection(IDS/IPS)LJ PROJECTS
This ppt explain you various type of possible attack, security property, Traffic Analysis, Security mechanism Intrusion detection system, vulnerability, Attack framework etc.
first ever presentation containing basic information about Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention System with advantages and disadvantages...
specially bibliography attached for engineering students.
it also contains 2013 powerpoint graphics.
hope it may helpful to u all.. your suggestions will be always welcomed..
ids&ips technique is used to capture logs,sessions,port no,trojans,and malicious activity on the networkand servers.here u can get detailed about ids and ips techniques
Analysis and Design for Intrusion Detection System Based on Data MiningPritesh Ranjan
Reference:
Dyuanyang Zhao, Zhilin Feng, Qingxiang Xu, “Analysis and design for Intrusion detection system based on data mining” in proceedings of 2010 IEEE second international workshop on education technology and computer science
Seminar Presentation | Network Intrusion Detection using Supervised Machine L...Jowin John Chemban
By:
Jowin John Chemban (jowinchemban@gmail.com)
HGW16CS022 (2016-2020 Batch)
S7 B.Tech Computer Science Engineering
Holy Grace Academy of Engineering, Mala
Date : September 2019
What is IDS?
Software or hardware device
Monitors network or hosts for:
Malware (viruses, trojans, worms)
Network attacks via vulnerable ports
Host based attacks, e.g. privilege escalation
What is in an IDS?
An IDS normally consists of:
Various sensors based within the network or on hosts
These are responsible for generating the security events
A central engine
This correlates the events and uses heuristic techniques and rules to create alerts
A console
To enable an administrator to monitor the alerts and configure/tune the sensors
Different types of IDS
Network IDS (NIDS)
Examines all network traffic that passes the NIC that the sensor is running on
Host based IDS (HIDS)
An agent on the host that monitors host activities and log files
Stack-Based IDS
An agent on the host that monitors all of the packets that leave or enter the host
Can monitor a specific protocol(s) (e.g. HTTP for webserver)
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) resolves physically redundant topologies into loop-free, tree-like
topologies. The biggest issue with STP is that some hardware failures can cause it to fail. This failure
creates forwarding loops (or STP loops). Major network outages are caused by STP loops.
The loop guard STP feature that is intended to improve the stability of the Layer 2 networks. This
document also describes Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) skew detection. BPDU skew detection is a
diagnostic feature that generates syslog messages when BPDUs are not received in time.
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) extends a private network across a public network, such as the
Internet.
A VPN is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide
remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization's network. A VPN ensures
privacy through security procedures and tunneling protocols such as the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP). Data is encrypted at the sending end and decrypted at the receiving end.
A network consists of a collection of computers, printers and other compatible equipment/ hardware
that is connected together so that they can communicate with each other.
TCP Intercept was developed to protect servers and other resources from Denial-of-Service (DoS)
attacks, specifically TCP SYN attacks.
Just as the name says, TCP Intercept captures incoming TCP requests. Instead of allowing direct access
to the server, TCP Intercept acts as an intermediary, establishing a connection to the server on behalf of
the requesting client.
TCP Intercept will block a client if too many incoming connections are attempted.
For some very basic VRF configuration follow the steps:
1. Enters VRF configuration mode and assigns a VRF name.
Router(config)#ip vrf vrf-name
2. Creates a VPN route distinguisher (RD) following one of the 16bit-ASN:32bit-number or 32bitIP:16bit-number explained above
Router(config-vrf)#rd route-distinguisher
3. Creates a list of import and/or export route target communities for the specified VRF.
Router(config-vrf)# route-target {import | export | both} route-distinguisher
4. (Optional step) Associates the specified route map with the VRF.
Router(config-vrf)# import map route-map
Networking Devices are units that mediate data in a computer network and are also called network equipment. Units which are the last receiver or generate data are called hosts or data terminal equipment.
IP Address is a unique identification given to Host, network device, server for data communication. IP
Address stand for Internet Protocol address, it is an addressing scheme used to identify a system on a
network. It is a unique address that certain electronic devices currently use to communicate with each
other on a network using internet protocol.
Wireless networks come in many different forms, cover various distances, and provide a range of low to
high bandwidth depending on the type installed. Wireless LAN – Wireless LAN enable Laptop users to
access the Network of a company.
Cisco Internetworking Operating System (ios)Netwax Lab
Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating
System) is software used on most Cisco Systems
routers and current Cisco network switches.
(Earlier switches ran CatOS.) IOS is a package of
routing, switching, internetworking and
telecommunications functions integrated into a
multitasking operating system.
What are the Different Types of Intrusion Detection SystemsGeekTek IT Services
The intrusion detection system alerts an administrator about suspicious malware. It is security software and there are different types which include active IDS, host-based IDS, knowledge-based IDS, and behavior-based IDS. See the mentioned slideshow to know more details about the different types of intrusion detection systems.
Intrusion Detection System is a software that keeps monitoring system or network state for possible intrusion and alert the administrator, while IPS is capable of blocking such attacks. Together they constitute IDPS.
Module 19 (evading ids, firewalls and honeypots)Wail Hassan
An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a device or software application that monitors network and/or system activities for malicious activities or policy violations and produces reports to a Management Station. Some systems may attempt to stop an intrusion attempt but this is neither required nor expected of a monitoring system.
An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a managed security service that screens network traffic for dubious action and issues alarms when such action is found. It is a product application that examines an organization or a framework for the destructive movement or strategy penetrating. Any vindictive endeavor or infringement is ordinarily revealed either to an executive or gathered midway utilizing security data and occasion the board (SIEM) framework. A SIEM framework incorporates yields from numerous sources and uses alert separating procedures to separate malevolent action from bogus cautions.
Network Based Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems: Attack Classificati...researchinventy
Complex and common security attackshave become a common issue nowadays. Success rate of detecting these attacks through existing tools seems to be decreasing due to simple rule-bases Some attacks are too complex to identify for today’s firewall systems.This paper highlights various security attacks classification techniques pertaining to TCP/IP protocol stack, it also covers an existingintrusion detection techniques used for intrusion detection , and features of various open source and commercial Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDPS) tools. Finally paper concludes with comparison and evaluation of an open source and commercial IDPS tools and techniques which are used to detect and prevent the security attacks.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
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At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
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Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
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ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
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Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
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Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024
IDS (intrusion detection system)
1. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
An IDS (Intrusion detection system) is a device or software application that monitors network or system
activities for malicious activities or policy violations and produces reports to a management station. IDS
come in a variety of “flavors” and approach the goal of detecting suspicious traffic in different ways.
There are network based (NIDS) and host based (HIDS) intrusion detection systems. Some systems may
attempt to stop an intrusion attempt but this is neither required nor expected of a monitoring system.
An IDS (Intrusion detection system) is designed to monitor all inbound and outbound network activity
and identify any suspicious patterns that may indicate a network or system attack from someone
attempting to break into or compromise a system. IDS is considered to be a passive-monitoring system,
since the main function of an IDS product is to warn you of suspicious activity taking place − not prevent
them.
An IDS specifically looks for suspicious activity and events that might be the result of a virus, worm or
hacker. This is done by looking for known intrusion signatures or attack signatures that characterize
different worms or viruses and by tracking general variances which differ from regular system activity.
The IDS is able to provide notification of only known attacks.
The network administrator can configure the IDS system to choose the appropriate response to various
threats. When packets in a session match a signature, the IDS system can be configured to take these
actions:
Send an alarm to a syslog server or a Cisco Secure IDS Director (centralized management
interface)
Drop the packet
Reset the TCP connection
Figure 1 IDS (Intrusion detection system)
2. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
The information provided by the IDS will help the security and network management teams uncover, as
a start:
Security policy violations, such as systems or users who are running applications against policy
Infections, such as viruses or Trojan horses that have partial or full control of internal systems,
using them to spread infection and attack other systems
Information leakage, such as running spyware and key loggers, as well as accidental information
leakage by valid users
Configuration errors, such as applications or systems with incorrect security settings or
performance-killing network misconfiguration, as well as misconfigured firewalls where the rule
set does not match policy
Unauthorized clients and servers including network-threatening server applications such as
DHCP or DNS service, along with unauthorized applications such as network scanning tools or
unsecured remote desktop.
Network Intrusion Detection Systems
Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) are placed at a strategic point or points within the network
to monitor traffic to and from all devices on the network. It performs an analysis of passing traffic on the
entire subnet, works in a promiscuous mode, and matches the traffic that is passed on the subnets to
the library of known attacks. Once an attack is identified, or abnormal behavior is sensed, the alert can
be sent to the administrator. An example of an NIDS would be installing it on the subnet where firewalls
are located in order to see if someone is trying to break into the firewall. Ideally one would scan all
inbound and outbound traffic, however doing so might create a bottleneck that would impair the overall
speed of the network. OPNET and NetSim are commonly used tools for simulation network intrusion
detection systems.
Host Intrusion Detection Systems
Host Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) run on individual hosts or devices on the network. A HIDS
monitors the inbound and outbound packets from the device only and will alert the user or
administrator if suspicious activity is detected. It takes a snapshot of existing system files and matches it
to the previous snapshot. If the critical system files were modified or deleted, an alert is sent to the
administrator to investigate. An example of HIDS usage can be seen on mission critical machines, which
are not expected to change their configurations.
Intrusion detection systems can also be system-specific using custom tools and honeypots.
Misuse Detection vs. Anomaly Detection
In misuse detection, the IDS analyzes the information it gathers and compares it to large databases of
attack signatures. Essentially, the IDS look for a specific attack that has already been documented. Like
3. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
a virus detection system, detection software is only as good as the database of intrusion signatures that
it uses to compare packets against. In anomaly detection, the system administrator defines the baseline,
or normal, state of the network's traffic load, breakdown, protocol, and typical packet size. The anomaly
detector monitors network segments to compare their state to the normal baseline and look for
anomalies.
Passive vs. Reactive Systems
In a passive system, the IDS detect a potential security breach, logs the information and signals an alert.
In a reactive system, the IDS respond to the suspicious activity by logging off a user or by
reprogramming the firewall to block network traffic from the suspected malicious source.
False Positive and Negatives
The term false positive itself refers to security systems incorrectly seeing legitimate requests as spam or
security breaches. Basically, the IDS will detect something it is not supposed to. Alternatively, IDS is
prone to false negatives where the system fails to detect something it should. Both of these problematic
problems are associated with IDS, but are issues vendors spend a lot of time working on, and as a result,
it is not believed that IDS detects a high percentage of false positive or false negatives. Still, it is a topic
worth consideration when looking at different IDS solutions.
IDS Detection Techniques
HIDS and NIDS can come in a number of types of intrusion systems as well. All Intrusion Detection
Systems use one of three detection techniques:
Statistical anomaly-based IDS
An IDS which is anomaly based will monitor network traffic and compare it against an established
baseline. The baseline will identify what is “normal” for that network- what sort of bandwidth is
generally used, what protocols are used, what ports and devices generally connect to each other- and
alert the administrator or user when traffic is detected which is anomalous, or significantly different,
than the baseline. The issue is that it may raise a False Positive alarm for a legitimate use of bandwidth if
the baselines are not intelligently configured.
Signature-based IDS
A signature based IDS will monitor packets on the network and compare them against a database of
signatures or attributes from known malicious threats. This is similar to the way most antivirus software
detects malware. The issue is that there will be a lag between a new threat being discovered in the wild
and the signature for detecting that threat being applied to your IDS. During that lag time your IDS
would be unable to detect the new threat.
4. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
Rule based
Rule based systems are more advanced and cleverly built systems. A knowledge base programmed as
rules will decide the output alongside an inference engine. If the defined rules for example all match, a
certain assumption can be determined in which an action may take place. This assumption is the power
of the inference engine. The inference engine can assume an attack may be occurring because of so
many factors; this is unique and is very much behaving like the human mind. In normal computing
assumptions cannot be made, its either yes or no, but the inference engine adds a different level of
thinking; it also adds the “Probably” to the list, like humans. If it rains and is warm, we can assume it
may thunder. If more traffic was leaving the company than usual, as well as coming from a certain
server, the inference engine may assume, the server could be compromised by a hacker.
Cisco IOS Firewall IDS Signature List
The following is a complete list of Cisco IOS Firewall IDS signatures. A signature detects patterns of
misuse in network traffic. In Cisco IOS Firewall IDS, signatures are categorized into four types:
Info Atomic
Info Compound
Attack Atomic
Attack Compound
An info signature detects information-gathering activity, such as a port sweep.
An attack signature detects attacks attempted into the protected network, such as denial-of-service
attempts or the execution of illegal commands during an FTP session.
Info and attack signatures can be either atomic or compound signatures. Atomic signatures can detect
patterns as simple as an attempt to access a specific port on a specific host. Compound signatures can
detect complex patterns, such as a sequence of operations distributed across multiple hosts over an
arbitrary period of time.
The intrusion-detection signatures included in the Cisco IOS Firewall were chosen from a broad cross-
section of intrusion-detection signatures as representative of the most common network attacks and
information-gathering scans that are not commonly found in an operational network.
The following signatures are listed in numerical order by their signature number in the Cisco Secure IDS
Network Security Database. After each signature's name is an indication of the type of signature (info or
attack, atomic or compound).
5. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
Cisco Secure IDS Components
The Cisco Secure IDS consists of three components:
Sensor
Director
Post Office
Cisco Secure IDS Sensors, which are high-speed network appliances, analyze the content and context of
individual packets to determine if traffic is authorized. If a network's data stream exhibits unauthorized
or suspicious activity, such as a SATAN attack, a ping sweep, or the transmission of a secret research
project code word, Cisco Secure IDS Sensors can detect the policy violation in real time, forward alarms
to a Cisco Secure IDS Director management console, and remove the offender from the network.
The Cisco Secure IDS Director is a high-performance, software-based management system that centrally
monitors the activity of multiple Cisco Secure IDS Sensors located on local or remote network segments.
The Cisco Secure IDS Post Office is the communication backbone that allows Cisco Secure IDS services
and hosts to communicate with each other. All communication is supported by a proprietary,
connection-based protocol that can switch between alternate routes to maintain point-to-point
connections.
Limitations
Noise can severely limit an intrusion detection system's effectiveness. Bad packets generated
from software bugs, corrupt DNS data, and local packets that escaped can create a significantly
high false-alarm rate.
It is not uncommon for the number of real attacks to be far below the number of false-alarms.
Number of real attacks is often so far below the number of false-alarms that the real attacks are
often missed and ignored.
Many attacks are geared for specific versions of software that are usually outdated. A constantly
changing library of signatures is needed to mitigate threats. Outdated signature databases can
leave the IDS vulnerable to newer strategies.
For signature-based IDSes there will be lag between a new threat discovery and its signature
being applied to the IDS. During this lag time the IDS will be unable to identify the threat.
It cannot compensate for a weak identification and authentication mechanisms or for
weaknesses in network protocols. When an attacker gains access due to weak authentication
mechanism then IDS cannot prevent the adversary from any malpractice.
Encrypted packets are not processed by the intrusion detection software. Therefore, the
encrypted packet can allow an intrusion to the network that is undiscovered until more
significant network intrusions have occurred.
6. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
Intrusion detection software provides information based on the network address that is
associated with the IP packet that is sent into the network. This is beneficial if the network
address contained in the IP packet is accurate. However, the address that is contained in the IP
packet could be faked or scrambled.
Due to the nature of NIDS systems, and the need for them to analyse protocols as they are
captured, NIDS systems can be susceptible to same protocol based attacks that network hosts
may be vulnerable. Invalid data and TCP/IP stack attacks may cause an NIDS to crash.
Evasion Techniques
There are a number of techniques which attackers are using, the following are considered ‘simple’
measures which can be taken to evade IDS:
Fragmentation: by sending fragmented packets, the attacker will be under the radar and can
easily bypass the detection system's ability to detect the attack signature.
Avoiding defaults: The TCP port utilised by a protocol does not always provide an indication to
the protocol which is being transported. For example, an IDS may expect to detect a trojan on
port 12345. If an attacker had reconfigured it to use a different port the IDS may not be able to
detect the presence of the trojan.
Coordinated, low-bandwidth attacks: coordinating a scan among numerous attackers (or
agents) and allocating different ports or hosts to different attackers makes it difficult for the IDS
to correlate the captured packets and deduce that a network scan is in progress.
Address spoofing/proxying: attackers can increase the difficulty of the ability of Security
Administrators to determine the source of the attack by using poorly secured or incorrectly
configured proxy servers to bounce an attack. If the source is spoofed and bounced by a server
then it makes it very difficult for IDS to detect the origin of the attack.
Pattern change evasion: IDS generally rely on ‘pattern matching’ to detect an attack. By
changing the data used in the attack slightly, it may be possible to evade detection. For example,
an IMAP server may be vulnerable to a buffer overflow, and an IDS is able to detect the attack
signature of 10 common attack tools. By modifying the payload sent by the tool, so that it does
not resemble the data that the IDS expects, it may be possible to evade detection.
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7. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
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Cisco IOS Firewall Intrusion Detection System Commands
(Note: 12.0(5)T- These commands were introduced.)
clear ip audit configuration
To disable Cisco IOS Firewall IDS, remove all intrusion detection configuration entries, and release
dynamic resources, use the clear ip audit configuration EXEC command.
clear ip audit statistics
To reset statistics on packets analyzed and alarms sent, use the clear ip audit statistics EXEC command.
ip audit
To apply an audit specification created with the ip audit command to a specific interface and for a
specific direction, use the ip audit interface configuration command. To disable auditing of the interface
for the specified direction, use the no version of this command.
ip audit audit-name {in | out}
no ip audit audit-name {in | out}
ip audit attack
To specify the default actions for attack signatures, use the ip audit attack global configuration
command. To set the default action for attack signatures, use the no form of this command.
ip audit attack {action [alarm] [drop] [reset]}
no ip audit attack
ip audit info
To specify the default actions for info signatures, use the ip audit info global configuration command. To
set the default action for info signatures, use the no form of this command.
ip audit info {action [alarm] [drop] [reset]}
no ip audit info
8. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
ip audit name
To create audit rules for info and attack signature types, use the ip audit name global configuration
command. To delete an audit rule, use the no form of this command.
ip audit name audit-name {info | attack} [list standard-acl] [action [alarm] [drop] [reset]]
no ip audit name audit-name {info | attack}
ip audit notify
To specify the method of event notification, use the ip audit notify global configuration command. To
disable event notifications, use the no form of this command.
ip audit notify {nr-director | log}
no ip audit notify {nr-director | log}
ip audit po local
To specify the local Post Office parameters used when sending event notifications to the NetRanger
Director, use the ip audit po local global configuration command. To set the local Post Office parameters
to their default settings, use the no form of this command.
ip audit po local hostid id-number orgid id-number
no ip audit po local [hostid id-number orgid id-number]
ip audit po max-events
To specify the maximum number of event notifications that are placed in the router's event queue, use
the ip audit po max-events global configuration command. To set the number of recipients to the
default setting, use the no version of this command.
ip audit po max-events number-of-events
no ip audit po max-events
ip audit po protected
To specify whether an address is on a protected network, use the ip audit po protected global
configuration command. To remove network addresses from the protected network list, use the no
form of this command. If you specify an IP address for removal, that address is removed from the list. If
you do not specify an address, then all IP addresses are removed from the list.
ip audit po protected ip-addr [to ip-addr]
no ip audit po protected [ip-addr]
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ip audit po remote
To specify one or more set of Post Office parameters for NetRanger Directors receiving event
notifications from the router, use the ip audit po remote global configuration command. To remove a
NetRanger Director's Post Office parameters as defined by host ID, organization ID, and IP address, use
the no form of this command.
ip audit po remote hostid host-id orgid org-id rmtaddress ip-address localaddress ip-address [port port-
number] [preference preference-number] [timeout seconds] [application {director | logger}]
no ip audit po remote hostid host-id orgid org-id rmtaddress ip-address
ip audit signature
To attach a policy to a signature, use the ip audit signature global configuration command. You can set
two policies: disable a signature or qualify the audit of a signature with an access list. To remove the
policy, use the no form of this command. If the policy disabled a signature, then the no form of this
command reenables the signature. If the policy attached an access list to the signature, the no form of
this command removes the access list.
ip audit signature signature-id {disable | list acl-list}
no ip audit signature signature-id
ip audit smtp
To specify the number of recipients in a mail message over which a spam attack is suspected, use the ip
audit smtp global configuration command. To set the number of recipients to the default setting, use
the no form of this command
ip audit smtp spam number-of-recipients
no ip audit smtp spam
show ip audit configuration
To display additional configuration information, including default values that may not be displayed using
the show run command, use the show ip audit configuration EXEC command.
show ip audit configuration
show ip audit interface
To display the interface configuration, use the show ip audit interface EXEC command.
show ip audit interface
10. IDS (Intrusion detection system)
show ip audit statistics
To display the number of packets audited and the number of alarms sent, among other information, use
the show ip audit statistics EXEC command.
show ip audit statistics