Chapter 2 Configuring Special Actions for Application Inspections (Inspection Policy Map)

Defining Actions in an Inspection Policy Map

Note There are other default inspection policy maps such as _default_esmtp_map. For example, an ESMTP inspection rule implicitly uses the policy map “_default_esmtp_map.”

Defining Actions in an Inspection Policy Map

When you enable an inspection engine in the service policy, you can also optionally enable actions as defined in an inspection policy map.

Detailed Steps

Step 1 (Optional) Create an inspection class map. Alternatively, you can identify the traffic directly within the policy map. See the “Identifying Traffic in an Inspection Class Map” section on page 2-3.

Step 2 (Optional) For policy map types that support regular expressions, create a regular expression. See the “Configuring Regular Expressions” section on page 20-11in the general operations configuration guide.

Step 3 Choose Configuration > Firewall > Objects > Inspect Maps .

Step 4 Choose the inspection type you want to configure.

Step 5 Click Add to add a new inspection policy map.

Step 6 Follow the instructions for your inspection type in the inspection chapter.

Identifying Traffic in an Inspection Class Map

This type of class map allows you to match criteria that is specific to an application. For example, for DNS traffic, you can match the domain name in a DNS query.

A class map groups multiple traffic matches (in a match-all class map), or lets you match any of a list of matches (in a match-any class map). The difference between creating a class map and defining the traffic match directly in the inspection policy map is that the class map lets you group multiple match commands, and you can reuse class maps. For the traffic that you identify in this class map, you can specify actions such as dropping, resetting, and/or logging the connection in the inspection policy map. If you want to perform different actions on different types of traffic, you should identify the traffic directly in the policy map.

Restrictions

Not all applications support inspection class maps.

Detailed Steps

Step 1 Choose Configuration > Firewall > Objects > Class Maps .

Step 2 Choose the inspection type you want to configure.

Step 3 Click Add to add a new inspection class map.

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

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