Chapter 6

IPS-Only Deployment in Inline Mode

This chapter provides an overview of the following topics:

  • Inline Mode Essentials: This section describes the characteristics of IPS-only deployment mode. It delineates the key differences among inline, passive, and transparent modes.

  • Best Practices for Inline Mode: In this section, you learn some of the best practices to ensure uninterrupted traffic flow through a threat defense in inline deployment mode.

  • Inline Mode Configuration: This section walks you through the steps to configure a threat defense in inline mode.

  • Verification: In the last section of this chapter, you learn some useful commands that you can run on the CLI to investigate and troubleshoot an issue.

The objectives of this chapter ...

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