Shadow IDS 1.0

From: Guy Bruneau (bruneau@ottawa.com)
Date: 08/29/01 

From: Guy Bruneau <bruneau@ottawa.com>
To: focus-ids@securityfocus.com
Subject: Shadow IDS 1.0
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:53:07 -0400
Message-Id: <01082915530700.29024@cr717898-a>

This is to announce the second release (version 1.0) of Shadow IDS Powered by
Slackware Linux.
 
This package is released under the GNU software.
 
Here are some of the features of Shadow IDS:
 
- Hardened OS based on Slackware 8.0
- Trimmed down OS (~85 MB) and automatically runs the Shadow software after
   installation
- Minimal user installation and configuration
- Has no compiler and Open SSH is the only external service
- Can only be access via Open SSH (deny all access by default)
- Can be used to run Snort IDS (see below for separate setup)
- A FAQ is located on the CD in the release note directory
 
The complete installation process is located at:
http://www.whitehats.ca/screen/whitehatsca/members/members_home/seeker/shadow/shadow_IDS.html
 
The ISO can be downloaded at:
ftp://ftp.whitehats.ca/pub/ids/shadow-slack/shadow.iso
 
The MD5 signature for the Shadow ISO image is located at:
ftp://ftp.whitehats.ca/pub/ids/shadow-slack/shadow.md5
 
Snort installation
 
The complete Snort IDS installation process is located at:
http://www.whitehats.ca/screen/whitehatsca/members/members_home/seeker/snort_ids.html
 
A pre-compiled version of Snort is available at:
ftp://ftp.whitehats.ca/pub/ids/snort.tgz
 
The MD5 signature for the pre-compiled Snort package is available at:
ftp://ftp.whitehats.ca/pub/ids/snort.md5
 
References:
 
More on Shadow IDS at: http://www.nswc.navy.mil/ISSEC/CID/
More on Snort at: http://www.snort.org
 
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Guy Bruneau GCIA, GCUX

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