Compiled by Yuri Demchenko
October 2002

As a suplementary document for the TF-CSIRT Questionnaire about Tools, Procedures and Practices used by CSIRTs to collect Incident Data/Evidence, Investigate and Track Incidents

Pilot version of the Clearinghouse of Incident Handling Tools is located at http://chiht.dfn-cert.de/

1. Incident Data/Evidence Collection
1.1. Tools for Hard Disk examining
1.2. Systems and processes examining utilities
2. Investigative tools
2.1. Extracting information from collected data/Evidence
2.2. Checking Attacker and Victim Identity
3. Support CSIRT procedures
3.1. Incident registration, tracking and Incident reporting
3.2. Extracting information from CSIRT archives
4. Tools for compromised system recovery
5. Pro-active tools
5.1. Network Auditing tools (Security Scanners)
5.2. Host-based Auditing Tools
5.3. Security Management Tools
5.4. Network monitoring and traffic analysis tools
5.5. Network IDS
6. Secure Remote Access Tools
7. Security BCP, Risk Assessment and Security Policy Management
8. Software Security Audit tools

1.1. Tools for Hard Disk examining

Functions

• Physical HD examining
• Logical HD examining
• E-mail files
• Documents retrieval/search
• Encrypted files analysis
• Text/binary images search

1.2. Systems and processes examining utilities

Functions

• Generate core image
• Examine system state
• List all open files and processes

2. Investigative tools

Functions

• investigate logfile
• analyze tcpdump

2.2. Checking Attacker and Victim Identity
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL
Mapping/conversion  IP -> DN, DN -> IP	about		Obtains information from DNS and whois servers for a given IP address or name; checks the current CERT mailboxes and router logs to see if the IP address has been reported in other contexts
	apnic, arin, ripe		Look up details of a numeric IP address in the APNIC, ARIN or RIPE
	internic		Script to query the InterNIC for details about some networks
	eh		Script to identify well-known portnumbers
	nameof		script to translate a numeric IP address into a name
	janic		Script to query the JANET whois server for details about .ac.uk domains
	ip2host		Public domain script to take a file of IP addresses and convert them to hostnames
Searching/Accessing Contact information, network data	keykatch		Script to extract contact information only from RIPE, ARIN and APNIC db
	soa		Script to find the e-mail address responsible for the DNS server in a domain.

 

3. Support CSIRT procedures

Functions

• Registration
• Reporting
• Statistics
• Communications

3.2. Extracting information from CSIRT archives
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL
Tracking similar cases	findref		Sript to search for a string in JANET-CERT mailboxes (open, closed or all)

 

4. Tools for compromised system recovery

Functions

• replace configuration files
• recovering deleted files
• etc.

5. Pro-active tools

Functions

• To install&run on PC or Network
• To scan regularly for Network/PC security Vulnerability

5.2. Host-based Auditing Tools
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL
Host-based Auditing Tools	crack		Crack is a freely available program designed to identify, by standard guessing techniques, UNIX DES encrypted passwords that can be found in widely available dictionaries. The guessing techniques are outlined in the Crack documentation. Many system administrators run Crack as a regular system administration procedure and notify account owners who have "crackable" passwords. Crack is available from  ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/pwdutils/crack/
	L0PHTCRACK V2.52		http://www.fedcirc.gov/tools/lc252install.zip L0PHTCrack is a password analysis tool for Windows NT and Windows 95/98. Developed by "l0pht Heavy Industries" group, this tool has been used very successfully to identify password weaknesses in NT platforms. NT platforms store passwords using a cryptographic hash algorithm. L0PHTCrack analyzes the hash in two ways, by doing a dictionary comparison or by a character substitution. This is an ideal tool for exposing poorly selected passwords. Additional information can be found on the L0PHT web site. http://l0pht.com/loftcrack/
Integrity-Checking Tools	MD5		MD5 is a cryptographic checksum program. MD5 takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. It is thought to be computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest or to produce any message having a given pre-specified target message digest. MD5 is found in RFC 1321. ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/crypto/md5/
	tripwire		Tripwire checks file and directory integrity; it is a utility that compares a designated set of files and directories to information stored in a previously generated database. Any differences are flagged and logged, including added or deleted entries. When run against system files on a regular basis, Tripwire enables you to spot changes in critical system files and to immediately take appropriate damage control measures. Tripwire is available from many sites, including ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/Tripwire/ http://www.fedcirc.gov/tools/tripwire1_3.zip

 

5.3. Security Management Tools
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL
Logfile utilities			ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/logutils/
	swatch		Swatch, the Simple WATCHer program, is an easily configurable log file filter/monitor. Swatch monitors log files and acts to filter out unwanted data and take one or more user-specified actions based on patterns in the log. Swatch is available from  ftp://ftp.stanford.edu/general/security-tools/swatch/ ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/logutils/swatch/
	logcheck		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/logutils/logcheck/ Logcheck is software package that is designed to automatically run and check system log files for security violations and unusual activity.
	wentry		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/logutils/sentry/ The Sentry is part of the Abacus Project suite of tools. The Abacus Project is an initiative to release low-maintenance, generic, and reliable host based intrusion detection software to the Internet community. More information can be obtained from http://www.psionic.com.  Sentry has a number of options to detect port scans.
System utilities	watcher		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/sysutils/watcher/
	tkwatcher		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/sysutils/tkwatcher/ It was inspired by the program watcher by Kenneth Inghman, but adds features lacking in the original watcher. Among those features are the ability to: * select portions of the controlfile * print command headers in the error messages * select individual lines from a command output stream using absolute positions, or a regular expression * perform and test calculations based on the input data * specify multiple tests on a value that are anded together to determine if a warning should be issued. * set thresholds for reports when all other tests are positive.
	trojan		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/sysutils/trojan/ Trojan.pl is a trojan horse checking program. It examines your searchpath and looks at all of the executables in your searchpath, looking for people who can create a trojan hource you can execute.
	lsof		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/sysutils/lsof/ Lsof version 4 lists open files for running Unix processes. It is a descendent of ofiles, fstat, and lsof versions 1, 2, and 3. It has been tested on these UNIX dialects.
	ifstatus		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/sysutils/ifstatus/ The ifstatus program can be run on UNIX systems to identify network interfaces that are in debug or promiscuous mode. Network interfaces in these modes may be a sign that an intruder is monitoring the network to steal passwords and other traffic (see CERT Advisory CA-94.01).
	smrsh		http://www.sendmail.org/ Beginning with sendmail version 8.7.1, smrsh is included in the sendmail distribution, in the subdirectory smrsh. The smrsh program can help protect against a vulnerability that can allow unauthorized remote or local users to execute programs as any system user other than root. For example, smrsh can prevent an intruder from using pipes (|) to execute arbitrary commands on your system.

 

5.4. Network monitoring and traffic analysis tools
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL to download, manual
Network monitoring tools	argus		Argus is a network monitoring tool that uses a client-server model to capture data and associate it into "transactions." The tool provides network-level auditing; it can verify compliance to a router configuration file, and information can be easily adapted to protocol analysis, intrusion detections, and other security needs. Argus is available from many sites, including  ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/argus/
	review		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/netutils/review/ Review is a set of perl/tk scripts that make it easier to view the contents of tcpdump packet logs.
	tcpdump		ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap.tar.Z ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/netutils/tcpdump/ tcpdump, a tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.
Network traffic analysis tools	TCP/IP wrapper		The TCP/IP wrapper program provides additional network logging information and gives a system administrator the ability to deny or allow access from certain systems or domains to the host on which the program is installed. Installation of this software does not require any modification to existing network software. This program is available from  ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/ ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/netutils/tcp_wrappers/
	cyberkit		Cyberkit is a simple but effective multipurpose tools offering Ping, Traceroute, NS Lookup, Finger and Whois functions in a single application. Runs on Windows 95 and NT platforms. http://www.fedcirc.gov/tools/cyberkit.zip
	netinfo		NetInfo is also multipurpose tools offering Query, Ping and Scanning functions. Runs on Windows 95 and NT platforms. http://www.fedcirc.gov/tools/netinfo.zip
	NETLAB95		Netlab95 runs on Windows 95 and NT platforms. It provides a variety of functions including Ping, Traceroute, DNS Lookup, Finger, WhoIs and Port Scan . http://www.fedcirc.gov/tools/netlab95.zip

5.5. Network IDS
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL
	Snort		ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/netutils/snort/ Snort is a lightweight network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching and can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes, such as buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, OS fingerprinting attempts, and much more.
	NID		NID is a suite of software tools that helps detect, analyze, and gather evidence of intrusive behavior occurring on an Ethernet or Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network using the Internet Protocol (IP). NID operates passively on a stand-alone host (rather than residing on the hosts it is monitoring), and is responsible for collecting data and/or statistics about network traffic. NID operates within a security domain-a collection of hosts and/or sub-networks you wish to monitor. The security domain can be further refined by only looking at traffic from particular Internet services. http://ciac.llnl.gov/cstc/nid/intro.html

6. Secure Remote Access Tools
 

Category/Purpose	Tool/program name	OS	Short description, definition, URL to download, manual
	RADIUS
	tacacs+
	SSL
	SSH
	STEL
	Kerberos

7. Security BCP, Risk Assessment and Security Policy Management

The ISO 17799 Service & Software Directory - http://www.iso17799software.com/

Internet Security Auditing Class - http://www.porcupine.org/auditing/
On April 30th, 1996, Dan Farmer (Sun Microsystems) and Wietse Venema (Eindhoven University) presented a full-day free class on security auditing before an audience of 200 in Santa Clara (CA).

RUSecure™ - Information Security Officer's Manual - the ISO Manual
http://www.eon-commerce.com/rusecure
Evaluation download - http://www.computer-security-policies.com/down.htm

The Security Audit and Internal Audit Shop - http://www.security-audit-internal-audit.com/

IBM Security Solutions -  http://www-3.ibm.com/security/index.shtml
IBM Security Planner for  AIX, Linux, OS/400, Windows 2000, z/OS or OS/390 - http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/security/planner/

IBM Tivoli Risk Manager - http://www.tivoli.com/products/index/risk-mgr/

• Monitor, view, and manage security alerts across your organization with an easy-to-use console
• Integrate the management of perimeter security
• Reduce and classify security alerts to help quickly identify and address real threats
• Utilize predefined tasks to quickly resolve denial-of-service attacks, viruses, or unauthorized access

Cisco Security components - http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/44/jump/secure.shtml
Security Technical Tips - http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/

@stake Security Vulnerability Reporting Policy - http://www.atstake.com/research/policy/index.html

8. Software Security Audit tools

Linux Security Audit Project - http://lsap.org/
Security-Audit's FAQ - http://lsap.org/faq.txt

@Stake Secureity Tools archive - http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/index.html
@Stake LC4 - The Password Auditing and Recovery Application - http://www.atstake.com/research/lc/index.html

• LC4 helps administrators secure Windows-authenticated networks through comprehensive auditing of Windows NT and Windows 2000 user account passwords
• LC4 recovers Windows user account passwords to streamline migration of users to another authentication system or to access accounts whose passwords are lost.

How to Find Security Holes - http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/security-holes.html

Dmalloc - Debug Malloc Library - http://dmalloc.com/
The debug memory allocation or dmalloc library has been designed as a drop in replacement for the system's malloc, realloc, calloc, free and other memory management routines while providing powerful debugging facilities configurable at runtime. These facilities include such things as memory-leak tracking, fence-post write detection, file/line number reporting, and general logging of statistics.

Sun Software Security Audit page - http://wwws.sun.com/software/security/audit/

Microsoft .NET Framework Security - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/techinfo/articles/developerproductivity/frameworksec.asp