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Chapter 7     Miscellaneous Tools

Figure 7 4 

Adding a new sensor to IDS Policy Manager.

The screen shot shown in Figure 7 4 is taken after filling out information in blank

fields. You have to enter the following information about a sensor:

  Sensor name, which is  MyHome Sensor  in this example.

  IP address of sensor which is 192.168.1.2. You have to fill out the IP address of

your sensor in this box.

  The  IDS System  box is used to specify which version of Snort is being used

on the sensor. Different Snort versions have slightly different parameters for

input and output plug ins as well as keywords used in rules. It's important to

use correct information in this option.

  The policy name is  Official . You can use a different name for the policy. The

sensor policy is downloaded and stored on the machine where IDS Policy

Manager is being installed.

  The  Upload Information  section includes parameters that are needed to

transfer files from and to the sensor.