Continuous Assessment of a Unix Configuration: Integrating Intrusion Detection and Configuration Analysis

In this paper we extend our intrusion detection system ASAX with a deductive subsystem that allows us to assess the security level of a software configuration on a real time basis. By coupling the two subsystems - intrusion detection and configuration analysis - we moreover achieve a better tuning of the intrusion detection since the system has only to enable intrusion rules that are specifically required by the current state of the configuration.

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