Chapter 17 Administrative Tasks for the Sensor

Configuring Events

appInstanceId: 367

time: 2011/03/02 14:15:59 2011/03/02 14:15:59 UTC

signature: description=Nachi Worm ICMP Echo Request id=2156 version=S54 subsigId: 0

sigDetails: Nachi ICMP interfaceGroup:

vlan: 0 participants:

attacker:

addr: locality=OUT 10.89.228.202 target:

addr: locality=OUT 10.89.150.185 riskRatingValue: 70

interface: fe0_1

protocol: icmp

evIdsAlert: eventId=1109695939102805308 severity=medium vendor=Cisco originator:

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Step 6 Display events that began 30 seconds in the past.

sensor# show events past 00:00:30

evStatus: eventId=1041526834774829055 vendor=Cisco originator:

hostId: sensor

appName: mainApp

appInstanceId: 2215

time: 2011/01/08 02:41:00 2011/01/08 02:41:00 UTC

controlTransaction: command=getVersion successful=true description: Control transaction response. requestor:

user: cids application:

hostId: 64.101.182.101

appName: -cidcli

appInstanceId: 2316

evStatus: eventId=1041526834774829056 vendor=Cisco originator:

hostId: sensor

appName: login(pam_unix)

appInstanceId: 2315

time: 2011/01/08 02:41:00 2011/01/08 02:41:00 UTC syslogMessage:

description: session opened for user cisco by cisco(uid=0)

Clearing Events from the Event Store

Use the clear events command to clear the Event Store.

To clear events from the Event Store, follow these steps:

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

Step 2 Clear the Event Store.

 

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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