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Tripwire Enterprise Server Network Nodes, Reports, and Dashboards. Vincent Fox and Doreen Meyer UC Davis, Information and Educational Technology August 9, 2006. Network Device Node. A network device node can be any router, switch, firewall, load balancer, or unix-compliant system.
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Tripwire Enterprise Server Network Nodes, Reports, and Dashboards Vincent Fox and Doreen Meyer UC Davis, Information and Educational Technology August 9, 2006
Network Device Node • A network device node can be any router, switch, firewall, load balancer, or unix-compliant system
“Network Device” Rules • See User Guide p. 79 • Configuration File Rules – check ONLY config files of many common hardware devices. • COVR – Command Output Validation Rules. Useful to check any runtime aspect of a device. Example: netstat -nr
Demo • Vincent demo of network device rules applied against a NetScreen firewall and a UNIX system.
Reports Use reports to identify trends and problem areas.
Report Group Permission • Any user can create a report. • System report group: check box • User report group: do not check box • System report group: user must have ‘Manage System Reports’ permission
Change process compliance Change rate Change variance Change window Changed elements Frequently changed nodes Changes by node or group Changes by severity Detailed changes Device inventory Elements Frequently changed elements Report Types
Last node check status Missing elements Monitoring policy Nodes with changes Reference node variance System access control System log Unchanged elements User rules Report Types
Actions Change types Charts Compare nodes Current versions Elements Frequency General Links Message Message filter Message filter Node Packages Reference Node Roles Rules Severity ratings Sorting Tasks Time range Users User names Report Criteria
Dashboards Use Dashboards to monitor reports.
Questions • Questions • Ongoing discussion format • Evaluation
Contacts • ucdtripwire@ucdavis.edu - class mailing list • Vincent Fox - vbfox@ucdavis.edu • Doreen Meyer - dimeyer@ucdavis.edu • Bob Ono - raono@ucdavis.edu • Paul Singh - pasingh@ucdavis.edu • Software - software@ucdavis.edu