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

 

 

 

 

 

1309

TCP Reserved Flags Set

Fires when the reserved bits

TCP Idle Timeout

Modify Packet Inline

 

 

 

(including bits used for ECN)

3600

Produce Alert18

 

 

 

are set on the TCP header.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1311

TCP Packet Exceeds MSS

Fires when a packet exceeds the

TCP Idle Timeout

Produce Alert19

 

 

 

MSS that was exchanged

3600

 

 

 

 

during the three-way

 

 

 

 

 

handshake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1312

TCP MSS Below Minimum

Fires when the MSS value in a

TCP Min MSS 400

Modify Packet Inline20

 

 

 

packet containing a SYN flag is

(0-16000)

 

 

 

 

less that TCP Min MSS.

TCP Idle Timeout

 

 

 

 

 

3600

 

 

 

 

 

 

1313

TCP Max MSS

Fires when the MSS value in a

TCP Max MSS1460

Modify Packet Inline

 

 

 

packet containing a SYN flag

(0-16000)

disabled21

 

 

 

exceed TCP Max MSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1314

TCP Data SYN

Fires when TCP payload is sent

Deny Packet Inline

 

 

 

in the SYN packet.

 

disabled22

1315

ACK Without TCP Stream

Fires when an ACK packet is

Produce Alert

 

 

 

sent that does not belong to a

 

disabled23

 

 

 

stream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1317

Zero Window Probe

Fires when a zero window

Modify Packet Inline

Modify Packet Inline

 

 

 

probe packet is detected.

removes data from the

 

 

 

 

 

Zero Window Probe

 

 

 

 

 

packet.

 

 

 

 

 

133024 0 TCP Drop - Bad Checksum

Fires when TCP packet has bad

Modify Packet Inline

Deny Packet Inline

 

 

 

checksum.

corrects the

 

 

 

 

 

checksum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1330

1 TCP Drop - Bad TCP Flags

Fires when TCP packet has bad

Deny Packet Inline

 

 

 

flag combination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1330

2 TCP Drop - Urgent Pointer With

Fires when TCP packet has a

Modify Packet Inline

Modify Packet Inline

No Flag

 

URG pointer and no URG flag.

clears the pointer.

disabled

 

 

 

 

 

1330

3 TCP Drop - Bad Option List

Fires when TCP packet has a

Deny Packet Inline

 

 

 

bad option list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1330

4 TCP Drop - Bad Option Length

Fires when TCP packet has a

Deny Packet Inline

 

 

 

bad option length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1330

5 TCP Drop - MSS Option Without

Fires when TCP MSS option is

Modify Packet Inline

Modify Packet Inline

SYN

 

 

seen in packet without the SYN

clears the MSS

 

 

 

 

flag set.

option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1330

6 TCP Drop - WinScale Option

Fires when TCP window scale

Modify Packet Inline

Modify Packet Inline

Without SYN

 

option is seen in packet without

clears the window

 

 

 

 

the SYN flag set.

scale option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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