Chapter 2 Initializing the Sensor

Basic Sensor Setup

g.Specify the month you want summertime settings to end. Valid entries are january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, and december. The default is november.

h.Specify the week you want the summertime settings to end. Valid entries are first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and last. The default is first.

i.Specify the day you want the summertime settings to end. Valid entries are sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, and saturday. The default is sunday.

j.Specify the time you want summertime settings to end. The default is 02:00:00.

k.Specify the DST zone. The zone name is a character string up to 24 characters long in the pattern [A-Za-z0-9()+:,_/-]+$.

l.Specify the summertime offset. Specify the summertime offset from UTC in minutes (negative numbers represent time zones west of the Prime Meridian). The default is 60.

m.Enter yes to modify the system time zone.

n.Specify the standard time zone name. The zone name is a character string up to 24 characters long.

o.Specify the standard time zone offset. Specify the standard time zone offset from UTC in minutes (negative numbers represent time zones west of the Prime Meridian). The default is 0.

p.Enter yes if you want to use NTP. To use authenticated NTP, you need the NTP server IP address, the NTP key ID, and the NTP key value. If you do not have those at this time, you can configure NTP later. Otherwise, you can choose unauthenticated NTP.

Step 9 Enter off, partial, or full to participate in the SensorBase Network Participation:

•Off—No data is contributed to the SensorBase Network.

•Partial—Data is contributed to the SensorBase Network, but data considered potentially sensitive is filtered out and never sent.

•Full—All data is contributed to the SensorBase Network except the attacker/victim IP addresses that you exclude.

The SensorBase Network Participation disclaimer appears. It explains what is involved in participating in the SensorBase Network.

Step 10 Enter yes to participate in the SensorBase Network.

 

 

 

The following configuration was entered.

 

 

 

service host

 

 

 

network-settings

 

 

 

host-ip 192.168.1.2/24, 192.168.1.1

 

 

 

host-name sensor

 

 

 

telnet-option disabled

 

 

 

sshv1-fallback disabled

 

 

 

access-list 10.0.0.0/8

 

 

 

ftp-timeout 300

 

 

 

no login-banner-text

 

 

 

dns-primary-server enabled

 

 

 

address 171.68.226.120

 

 

 

exit

 

 

 

dns-secondary-server disabled

 

 

 

dns-tertiary-server disabled

 

 

 

http-proxy proxy-server

 

 

 

address 128.107.241.170

 

 

 

port 8080

 

 

 

exit

 

 

 

exit

 

 

 

time-zone-settings

 

 

 

offset -360

 

 

 

standard-time-zone-name CST

 

 

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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