Appendix A System Architecture

Summary of Cisco IPS Applications

Table A-2

Summary of Applications (continued)

 

 

 

Application

 

Description

 

 

 

IDM

 

The Java applet that provides an HTML IPS management interface.

 

 

 

IME

 

The Java applet that provides an interface for viewing and archiving

 

 

events.

 

 

 

InterfaceApp

 

Handles bypass and physical settings and defines paired interfaces.

 

 

Physical settings are speed, duplex, and administrative state.

 

 

 

Logger

 

Writes all the log messages of the application to the log file and the

 

 

error messages of the application to the Event Store.

 

 

 

MainApp

 

Reads the configuration and starts applications, handles starting and

 

 

stopping of applications and node reboots, handles software

 

 

upgrades.

 

 

NotificationApp

Sends SNMP traps when triggered by alert, status, and error events.

 

 

NotificationApp uses the public domain SNMP agent. SNMP GETs

 

 

provide information about the general health of the sensor.

 

 

 

SDEE Server3

 

Accepts requests for events from remote clients.

SensorApp

 

Captures and analyzes traffic on the monitored network and generates

 

 

intrusion and network access events. Responds to IP logging control

 

 

transactions that turn logging on and off and that send and delete IP

 

 

log files.

 

 

 

SwitchApp

 

Part of the IPS 4500 series design that enables the InterfaceApp and

 

 

sensor initialization scripts to communicate with and control the

 

 

built-in switch. Any application that needs to get or set information

 

 

on the switch must communicate with the SwitchApp.

 

 

 

Web Server

 

Waits for remote HTTP client requests and calls the appropriate

 

 

servlet application.

 

 

 

1.This is a web server servlet.

2.This is a remote control transaction proxy.

3.This is a web server servlet.

 

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