Network Security: Lab#5 Port Scanners and Intrusion Detection System J. H. Wang Dec. 3, 2013
Objectives To learn to use port scanners Nmap To introduce the ideas of intrusion detection system Snort
Packages Used in this Lab Nmap Snort
Experiment Scenario Port scanners Use port scanners to check the potential weakness in a system Vulnerable ports System types
Nmap Homepage: http://nmap.org/ Version: 6.40 Platforms: Linux/FreeBSD/Windows/MacOS X Installation steps Simply follow the instructions on screen
Example Usage for Nmap Enter an IP address (or hostname) in [Target], and press [Scan] Open ports will be listed Type of OS will be detected Many types of Scans TCP scan SYN scan UDP scan ACK scan Window scan FIN scan Others: proxy scan, ICMP scan, …
Web-based Port Scanners Examples http://viewdns.info/portscan/
Nessus Homepage: http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus Latest version: 5.2.4 Originally open source, but now proprietary by Tenable Network Security Free to use in homes Installation skipped
Intrusion Detection Systems Host-based IDS (HIDS) To monitor the status of files in a system File integrity checking, log analysis E.g. Tripwire, OSSEC Network-based IDS (NIDS) To detect the malicious network traffic such as DoS attacks E.g. Snort
Tripwire Originally open source, but now commercial Open source Tripwire available, which is based on previous open-source versions http://sf.net/projects/tripwire/
OSSEC Originally open source, but acquired by Trend Micro Will remain to be open source (as claimed by Trend Micro) http://www.ossec.net/
Snort Homepage: http://www.snort.org/ Latest version: 2.9.5.6 Platforms: Linux/Windows An open-source NIDS, which also requires WinPcap Installation steps Simply follow the instructions on screen Note: In [Installation Options], please check [Enable IPv6 support] for demo of IDS functions
Example Usage for Snort cd \snort Sniffer mode: (default) To show headers only: bin\snort -v To show headers and data: bin\snort -vd A more descriptive display: bin\snort -vde Packet logger mode To records packets in logging directory: bin\snort -dev -l log To log in binary mode bin\snort -l log -b To playback the packets in log bin\snort -r packet.log
Network intrusion detection system mode bin\snort -l log -c etc\snort.conf (Some problems with the configuration file to work in Windows…) You need to understand how to write the rules for intrusion detection…
Summary Port scanners Nmap Intrusion detection system Snort