ACARM (software)

ACARM (Alert Correlation, Assessment and Reaction Module) is an open source intrusion detection system. It was developed as a part of POSITIF project between 2004 and 2007. It was written as a practical proof of concept, presented in the article.^[1]

ACARM

Original author(s)	Bartłomiej Balcerek Bartosz Szurgot Wojciech Waga Marcin Wojtkiewicz
Developer(s)	WCSS
Initial release	2008.04.01
Final release	0.1.0 / October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05)
Written in	Java
Operating system	cross-platform
Successor	ACARM-ng
Type	Intrusion-detection system
License	GPL
Website	http://www.acarm.wcss.wroc.pl (no longer available for download)

Filters architecture

The following image shows chain-like architecture for filters, as used in the system.

Each alert enters each filter, stays there for a specified amount of time and proceeds further in chain. Main issue with such an approach is that alter can be reported only after its processing is done, which in turn takes at least few minutes.

Notes

Project is no longer maintained. It has been replaced with new, plug-in-based ACARM-ng.

See also

• Free Software portal

• ACARM-ng
• Intrusion detection system (IDS)
• Prelude Hybrid IDS
• BEEP