network.detectors
Class SnortEventDetector

java.lang.Object
  network.detectors.EventDetector
      network.detectors.SnortEventDetector

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, java.io.Serializable

public class SnortEventDetector

extends EventDetector

implements java.io.Serializable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class network.detectors.EventDetector

agentURN, cred, dbModule, eventIDGenerator, eventTable, host, localTriggeringEvents, remoteTriggeringEvents, reportTable

Constructor Summary

SnortEventDetector(ConfigObject configObj)
Sets up the triggereing events.

SnortEventDetector(java.lang.String input, ConfigObject configObj)

Method Summary

java.util.Vector	generateEvent(Event triggeredEvent) Generates snortEvents
java.lang.String	getGeneratingEventClassName() Returns the class name of the events that may (or may not) be generated.

Methods inherited from class network.detectors.EventDetector

getAlarmLevel, getAlertLevel, getLocalTriggeringEventClassNames, getRemoteTriggeringEventClassNames, getSynchronizer, InitializeFields, modifyDetector, populatePatterns, printRunningThreads, run, setAgentURN, setAlarmLevel, setAlertLevel, setDB, setEventIDGenerator, setEventTable, setLocalTriggeringEvents, setRemoteTriggeringEvents, setReportTable, stopDetector, switchOffPrintRunningThreads

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SnortEventDetector

public SnortEventDetector(ConfigObject configObj)

Sets up the triggereing events.

Parameters:

configObj -

SnortEventDetector

public SnortEventDetector(java.lang.String input,
                          ConfigObject configObj)

Method Detail

getGeneratingEventClassName

public java.lang.String getGeneratingEventClassName()

Returns the class name of the events that may (or may not) be generated.

Specified by:

getGeneratingEventClassName in class EventDetector

Returns:

the generating class's name.

generateEvent

public java.util.Vector generateEvent(Event triggeredEvent)

Generates snortEvents

Specified by:

generateEvent in class EventDetector

Parameters:

triggeredEvent - the event that triggered SnortEventDetector

Returns:

returns null, an error event, or a vector of SnortEvent(s)