Chapter 7 Defining Signatures

Configuring Signatures

Table 7-6

TCP Stream Reassembly Signatures (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter With

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Value and

 

 

 

 

 

Signature ID and Name

Description

Range

Default Actions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 0 TCP Option Other

Fires when a TCP option in the

TCP Option Number

Modify Packet Inline

 

 

 

 

range of TCP Option Number is

6-7,9-255

Produce Alert10

 

 

 

 

seen. All 1306 signatures fire

(Integer Range Allow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an alert and do not function in

Multiple 0-255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

promiscuous mode.

constraints)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP Idle Timeout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 1 TCP SACK Allowed Option

Fires when a TCP selective

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline11

 

 

 

 

ACK allowed option is seen.

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All 1306 signatures fire an alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and do not function in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

promiscuous mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 2 TCP SACK Data Option

Fires when a TCP selective

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline12

 

 

 

 

ACK data option is seen. All

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 signatures fire an alert and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

do not function in promiscuous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 3 TCP Timestamp Option

Fires when a TCP timestamp

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline13

 

 

 

 

option is seen. All 1306

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signatures fire an alert and do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not function in promiscuous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 4 TCP Window Scale Option

Fires when a TCP window scale

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline14

 

 

 

 

option is seen. All 1306

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signatures fire an alert and do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not function in promiscuous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 5 TCP MSS Option

Fires when a TCP MSS option

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline

 

 

 

 

is detected. All 1306 signatures

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fire an alert and do not function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in promiscuous mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1306 6 TCP option data after EOL option

Fires when the TCP option list

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline

 

 

 

 

has data after the EOL option.

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All 1306 signatures fire an alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and do not function in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

promiscuous mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1307 TCP Window Variation

Fires when the right edge of the

TCP Idle Timeout

Deny Connection Inline

 

 

 

 

recv window for TCP moves to

3600

Produce Alert15

 

 

 

 

the right (decreases).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1308 TTL Evasion16

Fires when the TTL seen on one

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline17

 

 

 

 

direction of a session is higher

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

than the minimum that has been

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

observed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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