Re: Rogue system detection

[Skip Carter <skip () taygeta com>]

> I have a question that's not necessarily a snort thing, but I have no idea
> what other list to ask, so here goes.  What are people using out there for
> rogue system detection?  I'm trying to figure out how to passively detect
> when a 'new' system comes online in the local network and possibly detect
> the os and such.  I imagine the tool would have to be able to match MAC
> addresses to deal with changing addresses and DHCP, along with report/alert
> when something new comes online.  Maybe RNA?

        We use 'arpwatch' for this purpose.  It will send an email notification
        when it sees a new MAC address or sees an IP-MAC pair change.

        We also modified arpwatch, for our internal use, to report to a database
        so that the current MAC address table for a given network can be 
monitored
        through a web interface.

        Having the info in a database also makes it practical to use a MAC 
address
        whitelist for the DHCP server.  This gets you two things: 

                if the MAC address is not known, no IP address is handed out
                by the DHCP server.

                a given MAC address is always given the same IP address, making
                auditing easier.



Skip


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