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PADS(8) 		     System Manager's Manual			 PADS(8)

NAME
     pads - Passive Asset Detection System

SYNOPSIS
     pads  <DhUvV>  <-c  file  > <-d file > <-g group > <-i interface > <-n net-
     work(s) > <-p file > <-r file > <-u file > <-w file > <expression>

DESCRIPTION
     PADS is a libpcap based detection engine used to passively  detect  network
     assets.   It  is designed to complement IDS technology by providing context
     to IDS alerts.

     Goals:

     - Passive:  Records and identifies traffic seen on a  network  without  ac-
     tively
       "scanning" a system.   There will never be a packet sent from the pads
       application.

     -	Portable:  Has the ability to be placed easily on a remote system.  Does
     not
       require additional external libraries other than those associated with
       libpcap.

     - Lightweight:  Logging is sent to a simple CSV file.  There is no need for
     a
       database or other data repository installed on the local machine.  All
       correlation is done outside of the pads program.

OPTIONS
     -h     Display help / usage information.

     -D     Run PADS in the background (daemon mode).

     -d fileDump banner data into a libpcap formatted file.  This  feature  will
	    dump  the matched packet or the first 4 packets of an unmatched con-
	    nection into a specified file.  This can be used to further identify
	    a service and also aid with signature development.

	    Please keep in mind that this feature must be compiled into the  ap-
	    plication in order to use it.  This can be done by adding '--enable-
	    banner-grab' to the

     -g group
	    This switch allows you to specify a group that PADS will drop to af-
	    ter the libpcap interface has been initialized.

     -h     Display help

     -i interface
	    Specify an interface to be used.

     -n network list
	    Specify  a	set of networks to be monitored.  Only assets that exist
	    within these networks will be  recorded.   The  networks  should  be
	    specified in the following format: 10.10.10.0/24,192.168.0.0/16 .

     -p pid file
	    This  switch allows you to specify a PID file to be used in conjunc-
	    tion with daemon (-D) mode.

     -r fileRead packets from a libpcap formatted file.

     -u userThis switch allows you to specify a user that PADS will drop to  af-
	    ter the libpcap interface has been initialized.

     -w fileDump data into a file other than assets.csv.

      expression
	    selects which packets will be processed.  Please see  tcpdump(1) for
	    details on the libpcap primitives.

SEE ALSO
     pads.conf(8), pads-report(8), pads-archiver(8), tcpdump(8), pcre(3)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2004 Matt Shelton <matt@mattshelton.com>

BUGS
     Please send bug reports to the author.

AUTHORS
     Matt Shelton <matt@mattshelton.com>

				   2005/06/17				 PADS(8)

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