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Distributed Intrusion Detection for Computer Systems Using Communicating Agents

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Overview Intrusion detection for computer systems is a key problem of today's Internet connected society. Almost all government agencies, businesses, schools, and most homes use the Internet, and many of their service providers use the Windows NT operating system, which has known vulnerabilities. The availability of many "Hacker toolkits" provides even the novice computer enthusiast with the ability to penetrate an Internet site. Most commercially available intrusion detection systems provide for a distributed mechanism, but require that information be transmitted to a central location for detection processing. This centralized mechanism is a single point of failure and provides a prime target for an intruder.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Naval Postgraduate School	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2001
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Security Tools, Intrusion Detection Systems

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