[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a seemingly tough assignment for my Senior Project. I need to > develop an Intrusion Detection System. > > My approach is to parse the bash_history file of each user into a mysql > database, assign a threshold for commands or sequences of commands and > then alert the admin of nethin fishy is found.
~/.bash_history is written when Bash exits. Try history -c exit and see what happens. > > My advisor reccomended I use python for writing the scripts. > > I am absolutely new to python and have no prior experience in it. That > said > > Could any one tell me how exactly to go abt all this? > > Any tools or code that would make my life easier? > > Suggestions (which modules to use etc) ? -- William Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Toronto, Canada ThinFlash: Linux thin-client on USB key (flash) drive http://home.eol.ca/~parkw/thinflash.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list