1. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-1 Chapter 11 Enterprise IDS Management

2. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-2 Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to perform the following tasks: Define features and key concepts of the IDS MC. Describe the IDS MC Architecture. Install the IDS MC. Understand the IDS MC deployment.

3. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-3 Introduction

4. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-4 What is the IDS MC? The IDS MC is a web-based application that centralizes and accelerates the deployment and management of multiple IDS Sensors or IDSMs. IDS MC PC Laptop SSL SSH Sensor

5. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-5 IDS MC Features Features of the IDS MC Sensor are as follows: Web-based management platform Enterprise management of IDS devices –IDS appliance running version 3.0(1) S4 or higher –IDSM running version 3.0(5) S23 or later –Up to 300 Sensors Provides the ability to create Sensor groups Provides a mechanism to require approval of configurations Provides the ability to import Sensor configurations Pushes signature and service pack updates to the IDS devices

6. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-6 Windows Installation

7. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-7 Server Requirements—Windows Hardware –IBM PC-compatible computer, 1 GHz Pentium CPU or faster –Color monitor with video card capable of viewing 16-bit of color –CD-ROM drive –100 Mbps network connection or faster Memory –1 GB of RAM minimum –2 GB of virtual memory minimum Hard drive space –12 GB of free space minimum –NTFS Software –Windows 2000 Server or Professional with Service Pack 3 –Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager 3.510 or later

8. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-8 Client Access Requirements—Windows Hardware—IBM PC-compatible computer, 300 MHz or faster Memory –256 MB of RAM minimum –400 MB virtual memory Operating system –Windows 98 –Windows NT 4.0 –Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2 or 3 –Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 2 or 3 –Windows 2000 Advanced Server –Windows XP Professional Browser – Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 –Internet Explorer 6.0 – Netscape Navigator 4.76

9. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-9 Installation Overview CiscoWorks Common Services are required for the IDS MC. CiscoWorks Common Services provide the CiscoWorks Server-based components software libraries, and software packages developed for the IDS MC.

10. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-10 Installation Process

11. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-11 Installation Process (cont.)

12. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-12 Installation Process (cont.)

13. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-13 Upgrade Process

14. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-14 Solaris Installation

15. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-15 Server Requirements—Solaris Hardware –UltraSPARC II, IIi, or IIe chipsets –UltraSPARC III or IIIc chipsets Memory—1 GB of RAM minimum System Software—Solaris 2.7 or Solaris 2.8

16. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-16 Client Access Requirements—Solaris Hardware—Solaris SPARCstation or Sun Ultra 10 with a 333 MHz processor with one of the following operating systems: –Solaris 2.7 –Solaris 2.8 Memory—1 GB of RAM minimum Browser—Netscape Navigator 4.79

17. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-17 Installation Overview CiscoWorks Common Services are required for the IDS MC. CiscoWorks Common Services provide the CiscoWorks Server-based components software libraries, and software packages developed for the IDS MC.

18. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-18 Installation Process SETUPDIR=/cdrom/idsmc1.02002-11-14 ====================================================================== Started : Wed Dec 11 17:01:19 CST 2002 ====================================================================== ===============- Software Install Tool Started. -===================== ===- Welcome to the IDS Management Center and Security Monitor 1.0 Setup program. ====================================================================== INFO: This server architecture is 32-bit compatible. INFO: /tmp directory has 777 permissions. INFO: /etc/hosts is readable by all. INFO: OS major is 5 and OS minor is 8 INFO: OS major or minor patch version not set. INFO: Checking group entry casusers..... INFO: Group created for installable packages is casusers. INFO: Checking user entry casuser..... INFO: casuser for installable packages exists. INFO: No user added to the system. INFO: Warning - No PRMOPT_INSTALL_TYPE section in TOC-file. INFO: Warning - No installation default mode set.

19. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-19 Installation Process (cont.) 1) IDS Management Center 2) Security Monitor 3) All of the Above (IDS Management Center + Security Monitor) Select one of the items using its number or enter q to quit [q] 1 INFO: You entered 1 as the option Loading properties from info files, working... Making a list of dependencies, working... Making a list of dependencies for CSCOids, working... Making a list of dependencies for CSCOnsdb, working... Making a list of dependencies for CSCOossh, working... Making a list of dependencies, working... INFO: performing prerequisite: /cdrom/idsmc1.02002-11-14/info/idscom/prerequisite INFO: performing prerequisite: CSCOids: /cdrom/idsmc1.02002-11-14/packages/CSCOids/ Enter IDS MC/Security Monitor Database Password: Confirm Password : INFO: Password Encryption is Successful. Enter IDS MC/Security Monitor Database Location : [/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/Sybase/Db/IDS] Entered value is /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/Sybase/Db/IDS Creating file /tmp/cscotmp/idsinstall.properties.....

20. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-20 Installation Process (cont.) ====================================================================== Finished: Wed Dec 11 17:13:19 CST 2002 ====================================================================== ===============- Software Install Tool Completed. -===================== ======================================================================

21. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-21 Architecture

22. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-22 IDS MC Architecture Overview User IDS MC CiscoWorks Common Services Data Store SSH IDS device HTTP/HTTPS

23. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-23 IDS MC Directories IDS MC home directory \Apache\Sybase\Tomcat\Etc\ids \updates

24. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-24 IDS MC Processes The IDS MC is composed of the following processes: IDS_Analyzer IDS_Backup IDS_DbAdminAnalyzer IDS_DeployDaemon IDS_Notifier IDS_Receiver IDS_ReportScheduler

25. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-25 Getting Started

26. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-26 CiscoWorks Login

27. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-27 CiscoWorks User Authorization Roles CiscoWorks user authorization roles allow for different privileges within IDS MC: Help Desk—Read-only for the entire system. Approver—Read-only for the rest of the system, and Approve configurations. Network Operator—Read-only for the rest of the system, and deploy configurations. Network Administrator—Read-only for the rest of the system, edit devices and device groups. System Administrator—All operations may be performed by the system administrator. Users can be assigned multiple authorization roles.

28. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-28 CiscoWorks Add User Choose Server Configuration>Setup>Security>Add Users.

29. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-29 IDS MC Launch Choose VPN/Security Management>Management Center>IDS Sensors.

30. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-30 Understanding the IDS MC Interface Instructions Page Path bar Object bar Object Selector handle TOCOption barTabs

31. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-31 IDS Workflow

32. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-32 Workflow The workflow consists of the following three-step process: Step 1 Generate—Allows you to generate configuration files for Sensors. Step 2 Approve—(Optional.) Allows you to manage configuration files proposed for deployment. Step 3 Deploy—Allows you to submit new deployment jobs and manage deployment jobs.

33. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-33 Workflow—Generate Choose Deployment>Generate.

34. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-34 Workflow—Deploy Choose Deployment>Deploy>Submit.

35. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-35 Workflow—Deploy (Schedule)

36. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-36 Workflow—Deploy (Pending) Choose Deployment>Deploy>Pending.

37. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-37 Workflow—Deploy (Pending) (cont.) Choose Deployment>Deploy>Pending.

38. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-38 Summary

39. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-39 Summary The IDS MC provides a web-based interface for configuring and managing multiple IDS Sensors. The IDS MC allows for a three-step process of deploying new configurations to Sensors. –Generate the configuration. –Approve the configuration. (Optional.) –Deploy the configuration. The IDS MC can be installed on Windows-based and Solaris-based servers.

40. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-40 Lab Exercise

41. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CSIDS 4.0—11-41.4 sensorP.4 sensorQ.100 172.30.Q.0 172.30.P.0 Lab Visual Objective STUDENT PC.2 STUDENT PC ROUTER.1.2 ROUTER.1 10.0.P.1210.0.Q.12 10.0.P.0 10.0.Q.0 RTS.100 Pods 1–5Pods 6–10 172.26.26.0.150.50 WEB FTP RBB