Chapter 7 Defining Signatures

Creating Custom Signatures

•all-not-components-required {true false}—Specifies to use all of the NOT components.

•swap-attacker-victim {true false}—Swaps the attacker and victim addresses and ports (source and destination) in the alert message and in any actions taken.

•meta-reset-interval—Specifies the time in seconds to reset the Meta signature. The valid range is 0 to 3600 seconds. The default is 60 seconds.

•meta-key—Specifies the storage type for the Meta signature:

–AaBb—Attacker and victim addresses and ports.

–AxBx—Attacker and victim addresses.

–Axxx—Attacker address.

–xxBx—Victim address.

•unique-victim-ports—Specifies the number of unique victims ports required per Meta signature. The valid range is 1 to 256.

•event-action—Specifies the action(s) to perform when an alert is triggered:

–deny-attacker-inline(inline only)—Does not transmit this packet and future packets from the attacker address for a specified period of time.

–deny-attacker-service-pair-inline(inline only)—Does not transmit this packet and future packets on the attacker address victim port pair for a specified period of time.

–deny-attacker-victim-pair-inline(inline only)—Does not transmit this packet and future packets on the attacker/victim address pair for a specified period of time.

–deny-connection-inline(inline only)—Does not transmit this packet and future packets on the TCP flow.

–deny-packet-inline(inline only)—Does not transmit this packet.

–log-attacker-packets—Starts IP logging of packets containing the attacker address.

–log-pair-packets—Starts IP logging of packets containing the attacker-victim address pair.

–log-victim-packets—Starts IP logging of packets containing the victim address.

–produce-alert—Writes the event to the Event Store as an alert.

–produce-verbose-alert—Includes an encoded dump (possibly truncated) of the offending packet in the alert.

–request-block-connection—Sends a request to the ARC to block this connection.

–request-block-host—Sends a request to the ARC to block this attacker host.

–request-rate-limit—Sends a rate limit request to the ARC to perform rate limiting.

–request-snmp-trap—Sends a request to the Notification Application component of the sensor to perform SNMP notification.

–reset-tcp-connection—Sends TCP resets to hijack and terminate the TCP flow.

–modify-packet-inline— Modifies packet data to remove ambiguity about what the end point might do with the packet.

Note Signature 64000 subsignature 0 will fire when it sees the alerts from signature 1000 subsignature 0 and signature 1001 subsignature 0 on the same source address. The source address selection is a result of the meta key default value of Axxx. You can change the behavior by changing the meta key setting to xxBx (destination address) for example.

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

Cisco Systems has long been a leading player in network security, and its IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) series is a testament to its commitment to safeguarding digital environments. Among its notable offerings are the IPS4510K9 and IPS4520K9 models, both designed to provide advanced threat protection for mid-sized to large enterprise networks.

The Cisco IPS4510K9 and IPS4520K9 are distinguished by their cutting-edge features that help organizations defend against a myriad of cyber threats. These systems utilize a multi-layered approach to security, integrating intrusion prevention, advanced malware protection, and comprehensive visibility across the network.

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