Chapter 1 Configuring a Service Policy

Information About Service Policies

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Service Policy Rule Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Through

For Management

 

Feature

 

Traffic?

Traffic?

See:

 

 

 

 

Application inspection (multiple

All except

RADIUS

Chapter 10, “Getting Started with Application

types)

 

RADIUS

accounting only

Layer Protocol Inspection.”

 

 

accounting

 

Chapter 11, “Configuring Inspection of Basic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Protocols.”

 

 

 

 

Chapter 12, “Configuring Inspection for Voice

 

 

 

 

and Video Protocols.”

 

 

 

 

Chapter 13, “Configuring Inspection of Database

 

 

 

 

and Directory Protocols.”

 

 

 

 

Chapter 14, “Configuring Inspection for

 

 

 

 

Management Application Protocols.”

 

 

 

 

Chapter 25, “Configuring the ASA for Cisco

 

 

 

 

Cloud Web Security.”

 

 

 

 

 

ASA CSC

 

Yes

No

Chapter 32, “Configuring the ASA CSC Module.”

 

 

 

 

 

ASA IPS

 

Yes

No

Chapter 31, “Configuring the ASA IPS Module.”

 

 

 

 

 

ASA CX

 

Yes

No

Chapter 30, “Configuring the ASA CX Module.”

 

 

 

 

NetFlow Secure Event Logging

Yes

Yes

Chapter 43, “Configuring NetFlow Secure Event

filtering

 

 

 

Logging (NSEL),” in the general operations

 

 

 

 

configuration guide.

 

 

 

 

QoS input and output policing

Yes

No

Chapter 23, “Configuring QoS.”

 

 

 

 

QoS standard priority queue

Yes

No

Chapter 23, “Configuring QoS.”

 

 

 

 

QoS traffic shaping, hierarchical

Yes

Yes

Chapter 23, “Configuring QoS.”

priority queue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP and UDP connection limits

Yes

Yes

Chapter 22, “Configuring Connection Settings.”

and timeouts, and TCP sequence

 

 

 

number randomization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP normalization

Yes

No

Chapter 22, “Configuring Connection Settings.”

 

 

 

 

 

TCP state bypass

 

Yes

No

Chapter 22, “Configuring Connection Settings.”

 

 

 

 

User statistics for Identity

Yes

Yes

See the user-statisticscommand in the command

Firewall

 

 

 

reference.

 

 

 

 

 

Feature Directionality

Actions are applied to traffic bidirectionally or unidirectionally depending on the feature. For features that are applied bidirectionally, all traffic that enters or exits the interface to which you apply the policy map is affected if the traffic matches the class map for both directions.

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ASA Services Module, ASA 5555-X, ASA 5545-X, ASA 5585-X, ASA 5580 specifications

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