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Glossary

certificate

cidDump

CIDEE

CIDS header

cipher key

Cisco IOS

Digital representation of user or device attributes, including a public key, that is signed with an authoritative private key.

A script that captures a large amount of information including the IPS processes list, log files, OS information, directory listings, package information, and configuration files.

Cisco Intrusion Detection Event Exchange. Specifies the extensions to SDEE that are used by Cisco IPS systems. The CIDEE standard specifies all possible extensions that may be supported by Cisco IPS systems.

The header that is attached to each packet in the IPS system. It contains packet classification, packet length, checksum results, timestamp, and the receive interface.

The secret binary data used to convert between clear text and cipher text. When the same cipher key is used for both encryption and decryption, it is called symmetric. When it is used for either encryption or decryption (but not both), it is called asymmetric.

Cisco system software that provides common functionality, scalability, and security for all products under the CiscoFusion architecture. Cisco IOS allows centralized, integrated, and automated installation and management of internetworks while supporting a wide variety of protocols, media, services, and platforms.

CLI	command-line interface. A shell provided with the sensor used for configuring and controlling the
	sensor applications.
CollaborationApp	A component of the IPS. Shares information with other devices through a global correlation database
	to improve the combined efficacy of all the devices.
command and	The interface on the sensor that communicates with the IPS manager and other network devices. This
control interface	interface has an assigned IP address.
community	In SNMP, a logical group of managed devices and NMSs in the same administrative domain.
composite attack	Spans multiple packets in a single session. Examples include most conversation attacks such as FTP,
	Telnet, and most Regex-based attacks.
connection block	ARC blocks traffic from a given source IP address to a given destination IP address and destination
	port.
console	A terminal or laptop computer used to monitor and control the sensor.
console port	An RJ45 or DB9 serial port on the sensor that is used to connect to a console device.
control interface	When ARC opens a Telnet or SSH session with a network device, it uses one of the routing interfaces
	of the device as the remote IP address. This is the control interface.
control transaction	CT. An IPS message containing a command addressed to a specific application instance. Control
	transactions can be sent between a management application and an IPS sensor, or between applications
	on the same IPS sensor. Example control transactions include start, stop, getConfig.
Control Transaction	A component of the IPS. Accepts control transactions from a remote client, initiates a local control
Server	transaction, and returns the response to the remote client.

Control Transaction A component of the IPS. Waits for control transactions directed to remote applications, forwards the

Source		control transactions to the remote node, and returns the response to the initiator.
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IPS4520K9 specifications

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Cisco Systems IPS4520K9 manual GL-5

Models: IPS4520K9

IPS4520K9 specifications