How to Install OSSIM

OSSIM stands for Open Source Security Information Management. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive compilation of tools which, when working together, grant network/security administrators with a detailed view over each and every aspect of his or her networks, hosts, physical access devices, server, etc.

1.- Download OSSIM Download from home page.
2.- Create a new VMware.
3.- Boot from the CD-ROM

OSSIM User Guide

WinSCP

WinSCP connecting the IpCop

The following five steps are optional only if you are going to use the IpCop keyboard and monitor

• Download WinSCP
• Enable the ssh on the IpCop box
• Reboot the IpCop box
• Connect to the IpCop with WinSCP (port is 222)
either if the port is the same 222 you can connect simultaneously the WinSCP and putty
• Connect to the IpCop console with putty (port is 222

Programming Layers

(http://www.docirs.cl/arquitectura_tres_capas.htm)

The layered programming is a programming style in which the primary objective is the separation of business logic from the logic design, a basic example of this is to separate the data layer from the presentation layer to the user.

DAL: A Data Access Layer is a layer of a computer program which provides simplified access to data stored in persistent storage of some kind, such as an entity-relational databse.

This data access layer is used in turn by other program modules to access and manipulate the data within the data store without having to deal with the complexities inherent in this access.

BL: Business logic is a non-technical term generally used to describe the functional algorithms that handle information exchange between a database and a user interface. It is distinguished from input/output data validation and product logic.

Presentation Layer: it is seen by the user (also called the "user layer"), introduced the system to the user, communicates to capture information and user information in a minimum of process (perform a filtering Prior to check for any formatting errors). This layer communicates only with the business layer. It is also known as graphical interface and must have the characteristic of being "friendly" (understandable and easy to use) for the user.