Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:53:39 -0600 From: Kristopher Galbraith <galbraik@uregina.ca> To: security@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: ISS on FreeBSD (fwd)] Message-ID: <37379BB3.DE430DFA@uregina.ca>
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I would like to say "Thank you" for posting this. I am familiar with ISS and the fact that you can use it on FreeBSD is very applicable to this newsgroup and useful to myself. My question is this for the sensor boxes only or for the sensors and the main computer as well? Robert Mooney wrote: > This is not an attempt at spam. I'm on this list, and use FreeBSD at home > and in the office. This is also not endorsed by ISS. I doubt they will > take any responsibility for the product when modified as suggested below. > > Flames can be directed to /dev/null. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:22:48 -0400 (EDT) > From: Hoss Firooznia <hfir@math.rochester.edu> > To: support@iss.net > Subject: ISS on FreeBSD > > Hello ISS support folks, > > I work as a System Administrator at the University of Rochester and I'm > currently evaluating your Intranet Security Scanner product for use on > FreeBSD systems. I realize that you don't directly support FreeBSD, but I > can confirm that it is possible to run the Linux version of ISS on FreeBSD > versions 3.1 and up. I wanted to let you know what steps were necessary to > get the scanner working properly in case this information is of use to you > or your customers. > > Thanks, > - Hoss > -- > Hoss Firooznia, UNIX SA, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester > PGP public key: <URL: http://www.math.rochester.edu/u/hfir/pgp.html>; > > ----- > > To run ISS (Linux version 5.3.1) under FreeBSD 3.x... > > 1) Make sure you have Linux support enabled in /etc/rc.conf, and make sure > your kernel has SYSVSEM, SYSVSHM and SYSVMSG support compiled in > (see /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT for details). > > 2) Untar the distribution and apply this patch in the top-level directory: > > --- install.iss.orig Mon May 10 18:50:43 1999 > +++ install.iss Mon May 10 18:52:16 1999 > @@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ > NLSPATH=$NLSPATH:/usr/lib/nls/ > KEYSYMDB=$KEYSYMDB:/usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB > ;; > + FreeBSD) > + OS=Linux > + UNCOMPRESS=gunzip > + NLSPATH=$NLSPATH:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/nls/ > + KEYSYMDB=$KEYSYMDB:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB > + ;; > Linux) > OS=Linux > UNCOMPRESS=gunzip > > 3) Run 'install.iss' as per the documentation. > > 4) Run 'brandelf -t Linux bin/{iss,xiss,issreport,mail-module}' from the > top-level directory. > > 5) Make a symlink from /usr/local/bin/netscape to wherever netscape lives > on your system. Scan away! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Kristopher Galbraith Technician, Computing Services, University of Regina To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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