From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ameel Kamboh" Subject: auditspd Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:27:01 -0500 Message-ID: <0A075E2EAA8ECE4D886E81AECF0C22A718955F51@zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1349010050==" Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9OFRF8H014593 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:27:15 -0400 Received: from zcars04e.nortel.com (zcars04e.nortel.com [47.129.242.56]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9OFR9l5021978 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:27:09 -0400 Received: from zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com (zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com [47.103.123.72]) by zcars04e.nortel.com (Switch-2.2.0/Switch-2.2.0) with ESMTP id l9OFOG018835 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:24:16 GMT Content-class: urn:content-classes:message List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1349010050== Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C81652.530C656A" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C81652.530C656A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was trying to find more information about auditspd and What it is and what it is used for. I am trying to evaluate the impact of this as a dispatcher when using other 3rd part HIDS tools. Thanks Ameel Kamboh ------_=_NextPart_001_01C81652.530C656A Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable auditspd

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I am trying to evaluate the impact of = this as a dispatcher when using other
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------_=_NextPart_001_01C81652.530C656A-- --===============1349010050== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============1349010050==-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Grubb Subject: Re: auditspd Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:50:31 -0400 Message-ID: <200710241150.32101.sgrubb@redhat.com> References: <0A075E2EAA8ECE4D886E81AECF0C22A718955F51@zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <0A075E2EAA8ECE4D886E81AECF0C22A718955F51@zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com On Wednesday 24 October 2007 11:27:01 Ameel Kamboh wrote: > I was trying to find more information about auditspd and > What it is and what it is used for. It is a new event multiplexor. This will allow the development of plugins that can anylize the audit data in realtime for certain things or the development of plugins that either transform the data into another format and/or move the data to another machine. > I am trying to evaluate the impact of this as a dispatcher when using > other 3rd part HIDS tools. I know of no plugins except the one that IBM submitted. I am developing some but they are not released. So, today I'd say there is no interference. Down the road there could be if you configure it that way. No plugins will be on by default with the possible excpet of af_unix which is needed by setroubleshooter. -Steve From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Dennis Subject: Re: auditspd Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:54:54 -0400 Message-ID: <471F6ACE.3000105@redhat.com> References: <0A075E2EAA8ECE4D886E81AECF0C22A718955F51@zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <0A075E2EAA8ECE4D886E81AECF0C22A718955F51@zrc2hxm1.corp.nortel.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: Ameel Kamboh Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com Ameel Kamboh wrote: > I was trying to find more information about auditspd and > What it is and what it is used for. > I am trying to evaluate the impact of this as a dispatcher when using other > 3rd part HIDS tools. I think you mean audispd. Steve Grubb can probably give you more complete information as this is an area that has been under active development and the facilities available depend on the version. In the current state one connects to a UNIX domain socket (/var/run/audispd_events) and you read audit records one per line. The audit records need to be assembled into audit events. The auparse library is a good tool for this purpose and has a 'feed' interface where one can read N bytes off the socket and be called back when a complete event is seen. There is also a python module supporting this interface. Steve has also added support for 'plugins', a module which rather than reading off the audispd socket will be fed the same data via stdin. I took a look at the audit website http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit but it looks like some of the info is out of date, especially the real time link. What one does with the audit events after you've read them is up to you. HTH, -- John Dennis