<s>
FLAIM	B-Application
(	O
Framework	O
for	O
Log	O
Anonymization	O
and	O
Information	O
Management	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
modular	O
tool	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
computer	O
and	O
network	O
log	O
sharing	O
through	O
application	O
of	O
complex	O
data	O
sanitization	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLAIM	B-Application
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
3	O
different	O
user	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
,	O
FLAIM	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
security	O
engineer	O
who	O
is	O
investigating	O
a	O
broad	O
incident	O
spanning	O
multiple	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third	O
,	O
researchers	O
in	O
many	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
disciplines	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
network	B-Protocol
measurements	I-Protocol
,	O
computer	O
security	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
FLAIM	B-Application
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Initiative	O
approved	O
University	O
of	O
Illinois/NCSA	O
Open	O
Source	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
BSD-style	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
FLAIM	B-Application
is	O
not	O
the	O
only	O
log	O
anonymizer	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
unique	O
in	O
its	O
flexibility	O
to	O
create	O
complex	O
XML	B-Protocol
policies	O
and	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
log	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
1	O
)	O
FLAIM	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
diverse	O
set	O
of	O
anonymization	O
primitives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
2	O
)	O
FLAIM	B-Application
supports	O
multiple	O
log	O
type	O
,	O
including	O
linux	B-Application
process	O
accounting	O
logs	O
,	O
netfilter	B-Application
alerts	O
,	O
tcpdump	B-Protocol
traces	O
and	O
NFDUMP	O
NetFlows	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
4	O
)	O
FLAIM	B-Application
is	O
modular	O
and	O
easily	O
extensible	O
to	O
new	O
types	O
of	O
logs	O
and	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
log	O
anonymization	O
began	O
in	O
2004	O
at	O
the	O
NCSA	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
CANINE	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
anonymize	O
and	O
convert	O
between	O
multiple	O
formats	O
of	O
NetFlows	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
decided	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
modular	O
command	O
line-based	O
UNIX	B-Application
tool	O
was	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
speed	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
concern	O
,	O
this	O
tool	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
successful	O
acquisition	O
of	O
a	O
Cyber	O
Trust	O
grant	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
,	O
the	O
LAIM	O
Working	O
Group	O
was	O
formed	O
at	O
the	O
NCSA	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
project	O
headed	O
by	O
the	O
PI	O
,	O
Adam	O
Slagell	O
,	O
FLAIM	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
to	O
overcome	O
these	O
limitations	O
of	O
CANINE	O
and	O
Scrub-PA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
of	O
FLAIM	B-Application
,	O
0.4.	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
