CCSP Self-Study: CCSP IPS Exam Certification Guide

Chapter 6. Cisco IPS Signature Engines

This chapter covers the following subjects:

• Cisco IPS Signatures

• Cisco IPS Signature Engines

• Application Inspection and Control (AIC) Signature Engines

• Atomic Signature Engines

• Flood Signature Engines

• Meta Signature Engine

• Normalizer Signature Engine

• Service Signature Engines

• State Signature Engine

• String Signature Engines

• Sweep Signature Engines

• Trojan Horse Signature Engines

The heart of the Cisco IPS solution is the various signature engines that enable signature designers and customers to easily and efficiently develop IPS signatures that cover a wide range of protocols and applications. Each signature engine supports various parameters that are used to create signatures.

Cisco IPS supports numerous signature engines ...