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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] programmatic IDS routing
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:40:21 -0400
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On Wednesday 19 March 2008 13:12:22 Linda Knippers wrote:
> Rather than using the key for two purposes and introducing special key
> words, couldn't an admin just tell the IDS which he's are of interest?
> And what the priority of each one is?

The problem is that you can tell the IDS that you want any reads 
of /opt/my-secrets, but unless you have a matching audit rule you will not 
get any records. This allows you to make sure you have a watch paired with 
its meaning.

-Steve