Cisco IOS Firewall IDS

Intrusion detection has been available as part of the Cisco IOS Firewall from the 12.05(T) release. The IDS capabilities are only available on the midrange to high-end router platforms. These include the following platforms, with more scheduled for release in the near future:

  • Cisco 1700

  • Cisco 2600

  • Cisco 3600

  • Cisco 7100

  • Cisco 7200

Once the router has the Cisco IOS Firewall IDS features installed and enabled, the router acts as an IDS sensor. The router passively monitors and analyzes all packet flow through the router and checks this data against the installed and configured IDS signatures. If suspect activity is detected, the router can be configured to

  • Send an alarm to a management platform— In this instance, either a syslog ...

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