Enabling Anomaly Detection

Chapter 9 Configuring Anomaly Detection

Table 9-1	Anomaly Detection Worm Signatures (continued)

Signature ID	Subsignature ID	Name	Description

13008	0	Illegal Other Scanner	Identified a single scanner over an Other
			protocol in the illegal zone.

13008	1	Illegal Other Scanner	Identified a worm attack over an Other
			protocol in the illegal zone; the Other
			histogram threshold was crossed and a
			scanner over an Other protocol was
			identified.

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For the procedure for assigning actions to signatures, see Assigning Actions to Signatures, page 7-15.

To enable anomaly detection, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.

Step 2 Enter analysis engine submode.

sensor# configure terminal

sensor(config)# service analysis-engine

sensor(config-ana)#

Step 3 Enter the virtual sensor name that contains the anomaly detection policy you want to enable.

sensor(config-ana)# virtual-sensor vs0 sensor(config-ana-vir)#

Step 4 Enable anomaly detection operational mode.

sensor(config-ana-vir)# anomaly-detectionsensor(config-ana-vir-ano)# operational-mode detect sensor(config-ana-vir-ano)#

Step 5 Exit analysis engine submode.

sensor(config-ana-vir-ano)# exit sensor(config-ana-vir)# exit sensor(config-ana-)# exit Apply Changes:?[yes]:

Step 6 Press Enter to apply your changes or enter no to discard them.

Working With Anomaly Detection Policies

Use the service anomaly-detectionname command in service anomaly detection submode to create an anomaly detection policy. The values of this anomaly detection policy are the same as the default anomaly detection policy, ad0, until you edit them. Or you can use the copy anomaly-detectionsource_destination command in privileged EXEC mode to make a copy of an existing policy and then

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Signature ID

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