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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 net- work 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 actively "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 file Dump banner data into a libpcap formatted file. This feature will dump the matched packet or the first 4 packets of an un- matched connection into a specified file. This can be used to further identify a service and also aid with signature develop- ment. Please keep in mind that this feature must be compiled into the application 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 after 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 ex- ist 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 con- junction with daemon (-D) mode. -r file Read packets from a libpcap formatted file. -u user This switch allows you to specify a user that PADS will drop to after the libpcap interface has been initialized. -w file Dump 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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