DESCRIPTION
This man page describes the format of the pads(8) configuration file.
Empty lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
PARAMETERS
- daemon [0/1]
-
his parameter determines whether the application will go into the
background.
0 = Disable, 1 = Enable
- pid_file <file>
-
Filename of the pads PID file. This value should be set if you are
planning on using daemon mode.
- sig_file <file>
-
Alternate location for the pads-signature-list file.
- mac_file <file>
-
Alternate location for the pads-ether-codes file.
- user <username>
-
This is the name of the user pads will run as when started as root.
- group <groupname>
-
This is the name of the group pads will run as when started as root.
- interface <interface>
-
This contains the name of the interface PADS will listen to.
- filter <filter>
-
This value contains a libpcap filter to be applied to the PADS session.
For example, to filter only SSH traffice, specify "filter 'port 22'".
- network <network>
-
This string contains a comma seperated list of networks to be monitored.
Only assets found in these networks will be recorded. For example,
"network 192.168.0.0/24,192.168.1.0/24,10.10.10.0/24". - output screen
-
This output plugin displays PADS data to the screen. When using the
configuration file, it defaults to off.
- output csv: <filename>
-
This output plugin writes PADS data to a CSV file. Optionally, a CSV
filename can be specified as an argument.
- output fifo: <filename>
-
This output plugin writes PADS data to a FIFO file. Optionally, a FIFO
filename can be specified as an argument.
BUGS
Please send bug reports to the author.