Appendix B Signature Engines

Atomic Engine

Table B-8lists the parameters that are specific to the Atomic IP Advanced engine.

Table B-8 Atomic IP Advanced Engine Parameters

 

 

Parameter

Description

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fragment-status

Specifies whether or not fragments are

any no-fragments

 

 

 

wanted.

want-fragments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specify-encapsulation {yes

(Optional) Enables any encapsulation

none mpls gre

 

 

no}

before the start of Layer 3 for the packet:1

ipv4-in-ipv6 ipip any

 

 

 

• encapsulation—Specifies the type of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

encapsulation to inspect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specify-ip-version {yes no}

(Optional) Enables the IP protocol version:

ipv4 ipv6

 

 

 

• version—Specifies IPv4 or IPv6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

swap-attacker-victim

Swaps the attacker and victim addresses

true false (default)

 

 

 

and ports (source and destination) in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

alert message and in any actions taken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specify-regex-inspection

(Optional) Enables Regex inspection.

yes no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regex-scope

Specifies the start and end points for the

ipv6-doh-only

 

 

 

regular expression search.

ipv6-doh-plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ipv6-hoh-only

 

 

 

 

 

ipv6-hoh-plus

 

 

 

 

 

ipv6-rh-only

 

 

 

 

 

ipv6-rh-plus

 

 

 

 

 

layer3-only

 

 

 

 

 

layer3-plus

 

 

 

 

 

layer4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regex-string

Specifies the regular expression to search

string

 

 

 

for in a single TCP packet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specify-exact-match-offset

Enables exact match offset:

0 to 65535

 

 

{yes no}

•

exact-match-offset—Specifies the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exact stream offset the regex-string

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

must report for a match to be valid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specify-min-match-length {yes

Enables minimum match length:

0 to 65535

 

 

no}

•

min-match-length—Specifies the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minimum number of bytes the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regex-string must match.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specify-min-match-offset {yes

Enables minimum match offset:

0 to 65535

 

 

no}

•

min-match-offset—Specifies the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minimum stream offset the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regex-string must report for a match to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be valid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2

 

 

 

 

 

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