NAME¶

pads.conf - pads configuration file

DESCRIPTION¶

This man page describes the format of the pads(8) configuration file.

Empty lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.

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.

Please send bug reports to the author.

Matt Shelton <matt@mattshelton.com>