Re: Triggering IDS

[Jean-Philippe Luiggi <jp.luiggi () free fr>]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 03:08:30PM +0000, AdamT wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Y'know how there's the EICAR anti virus test file, which lets you see
> if your anti-virus is working, well, I was wondering if there was
> something similar to let you see what happens when your IDS triggers?
>
> Should I just send a lot of NOPs in a TCP session, or make obvious
> port scans, or is there some kind of 'industry standard' way to
> deliberately trigger IDS alarms?

Hello,

The response is not obvious as it's often a good idea to tune the IDS to
meet your need. More, there're tools which may run as the admin wants :

An example is the IDS "Bro" (http://bro-ids.org), it uses a specialized policy language 
that allows a site to tailor Bro's operation, both as site policies evolve and as new attacks 
are discovered. If Bro detects something of interest, it can be instructed to either
generate a log entry, alert the operator in real-time, orinitiate the
execution of an operating system command (e.g., to terminate a connection or
block a malicious host on-the-fly).

Best regards.

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