INTRUSION DETECTION

SYSTEM

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WHAT IS IDS?
An IDS is a system designed to detect unauthorized
access to secure systems. i.e. Hacking , cracking or
script based attacks.
intrusion detection systems do exactly as the name
implies: they detect possible intrusions
IDS tools aim to detect computer attacks and/or
computer misuse and alert the proper individuals
upon detection
An IDS provides much of the same functionality
as a burglar alarm installed in a house

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WHAT IS INTRUSION DETECTION??
Intrusions are the activities that violate the security
policy of system.
Intrusion Detection is the process used to identify
intrusions
Intrusion : Attempting to break into or misuse your
system.
Intruders may be from outside the network or legitimate
users of the network.

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DISADVANTAGES OF EXISTING SYSTEM
No detection and prevention framework in a virtual
networking environment
Not accuracy in the attack detection from attackers.

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ADVANTAGES OF IDS
allows administrator to tune, organize and
comprehend often incomprehensible operating
system audit trails and other logs
can make the security management of systems by
non-expert staff possible by providing user friendly
interface
can recognize and report alterations to data files
IDS generate alarm and report to administrator that
security is breaches and also react to intruders by
blocking them or blocking server.
It provides time to time information, it recognize
attacker (intrusion) & report alteration to data files.
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TYPES OF INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM
->Based on the sources of the audit information used by each
IDS, the IDSs may be classified into

Host Based Intrusion Detection: HIDSs evaluate

information found on a single or multiple host systems,
including contents of operating systems, system and
application files .

 Network Based Intrusion Detection: NIDSs evaluate

information captured from network communications,
analyzing the stream of packets which travel across the
network .
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WHERE WE PLACED IDS??

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COMPONENTS OF IDS
IDS system containing following 3 component:
Event generator.
Analysis engine.
Response/alert.

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SNORT:
SNORT is a free and open source network intrusion
detection and prevention system created by Martin
Roesch in 1998.
Snort has the ability to perform real-time traffic
analysis and packet logging on Internet Protocol (IP)
networks
It performs protocol analysis, content searching, and
content matching.

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COMPONENTS OF SNORT
a. Packet Decoder
b. Preprocessors
c. Detection Engine
d. Logging and Alerting System
e. Output Modules

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Fig shows how these components are arranged. Any data packet coming
from the Internet enters the packet decoder. On its way towards the
output modules, it is either dropped, logged or an alert is generated

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PACKET DECODER:
The packet decoder takes packets from different types
of network interfaces and prepares the packets to be
preprocessed or to be sent to the detection engine
The interfaces may be Ethernet, SLIP, PPP and so on.

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PREPROCESSORS
Preprocessors also known as a input plug-ins.
Preprocessors are components or plug-ins that can be
used with Snort to arrange or modify data packets
before the detection engine does some operation to
find out if the packet is being used by an intruder.
They are also used to normalize protocol headers,
detect anomalies, packet reassembly and TCP stream
re-assembly.

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DETECTION ENGINE
The detection engine is the most important part of
Snort.
Its responsibility is to detect if any intrusion activity
exists in a packet.

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LOGGING AND ALERTING SYSTEM
It generates alert and log messages depending upon
what the detection engine finds inside a packet.

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OUTPUT MODULES
 Output modules or plug-ins process alerts and logs
and generate final output.

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ISS – Real Secure from Internet Security Systems:
Commercial ID Systems

Real time IDS.

Contains both host and network based IDS.
Tripwire – File integrity assessment tool.
Bro and Snort – open source public-domain system.

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:
Hardware Configuration:-
 Processor - Pentium –IV
 Speed - 1.1 GHz
 RAM - 256 MB(min)
 Hard Disk - 20 GB
Key Board - Standard Windows Keyboard
Mouse - Two or Three Button Mouse
Monitor - SVGA

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Software Configuration:-
 Operating System: Windows XP
Programming Lang.: JAVA/J2EE
 Java Version: JDK 1.6 & above.

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REFERENCES:
www.securityfocusonline.com/IDS
www.linuxsecurity.com/4030/topic/IDS
www.acm.com/intrusion detection system/
www.securitydocs.com
www.studymafia.org
Reference book :Intrusion Detection Systems
with Snort by Rafeeq Ur Rehman

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THANK YOU

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