Appendix E Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting the Appliance

TCP Reset Not Occurring for a Signature

If you do not have the event action set to reset, the TCP reset does not occur for a specific signature.

Note TCP Resets are not supported over MPLS links or the following tunnels: GRE, IPv4 in IPv4, IPv6 in IPv4, or IPv4 in IPv6.

To troubleshoot a reset not occurring for a specific signature, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the CLI.

Step 2 Make sure the event action is set to TCP reset.

sensor# configure terminal

sensor(config)# service signature-definition sig0 sensor(config-sig)#signatures 1000 0 sensor(config-sig-sig)#engine atomic-ip

sensor(config-sig-sig-ato)# event-actionreset-tcp-connectionproduc-alertsensor(config-sig-sig-ato)# show settings

atomic-ip

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event-action: produce-alertreset-tcp-connection default: produce-alert

fragment-status: any <defaulted> specify-l4-protocol

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no

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specify-ip-payload-length

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no

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specify-ip-header-length

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no

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specify-ip-tos

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Step 3 Exit signature definition submode.

sensor(config-sig-sig-ato)# exit sensor(config-sig-sig)# exit

sensor(config-sig)# exit Apply Changes:?[yes]:

Step 4 Press Enter to apply the changes or type no to discard them.

Step 5 Make sure the correct alarms are being generated.

sensor# show events alert

evAlert: eventId=1047575239898467370 severity=medium

originator: hostId: sj_4250_40

appName: sensorApp

 

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IPS4520K9 specifications

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