Appendix B Signature Engines

AIC Engine

FTP traffic:

FTP command authorization and enforcement

Table B-5lists the parameters that are specific to the AIC HTTP engine.

Table B-5

AIC HTTP Engine Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signature-type

 

Specifies the type of AIC signature.

content-types

 

 

 

 

define-web-traffic-policy

 

 

 

 

max-outstanding-requests-overrun

 

 

 

 

max-outstanding-requests-overrun

 

 

 

 

msg-body-pattern

 

 

 

 

request-methods

 

 

 

 

transfer-encodings

 

 

 

 

 

content-types

 

Specifies the AIC signature that

 

 

 

deals with MIME types:

 

 

 

 

define-content-type—Associates

 

 

 

 

 

actions such as denying a

 

 

 

 

 

specific MIME type

 

 

 

 

 

(image/gif), defining a

 

 

 

 

 

message-size violation, and

 

 

 

 

 

determining that the

 

 

 

 

 

MIME-type mentioned in the

 

 

 

 

 

header and body do not match.

 

 

 

 

define-recognized-content-types

 

 

 

 

 

—Lists the content types

 

 

 

 

 

recognized by the sensor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

define-web-traffic-policy

Specifies the action to take when

 

 

 

noncompliant HTTP traffic is seen.

 

 

 

 

The alarm-on-non-http-traffic

 

 

 

 

{true false} command enables the

 

 

 

 

signature. This signature is disabled

 

 

 

 

by default.

 

 

 

 

 

max-outstanding-requests

Specifies the maximum allowed

1 - 16

-overrun

 

HTTP requests per connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

msg-body-pattern

Uses Regex to define signatures

 

 

 

that look for specific patterns in the

 

 

 

 

message body:

 

 

 

 

regex-list—

 

 

 

 

regex-list-in-order—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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