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    CH A P T E R 19-1 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM The Cisco ASA 5500 series adapti ve security appliance supports a v ariety of SSMs. This chapter describes how to configure the ad aptiv e security applia nce to support an AIP SSM or a CSC SSM, including h ow to send traff ic[...]

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    19-2 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the AIP SSM The AIP SSM can operate in one of tw o modes, as follo ws: • Inline mode —Places the AIP SSM directly in the traff ic flow . No traf fic can contin ue through the adaptiv e security appliance w ithout first[...]

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    19-3 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the AIP SSM Step 2 Create a class map to identify the traffi c th at should be di verted to the AIP SSM. Use the class-map command to do so, as follo ws: hostname(config)# class-map class_map_name hostname(config-cmap)# wh[...]

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    19-4 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the AIP SSM hostname(config-cmap)# match access-list IPS hostname(config-cmap)# policy-map my-ids-policy hostname(config-pmap)# class my-ips-class hostname(config-pmap-c)# ips promiscuous fail-close hostname(config-pmap-c)[...]

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    19-5 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM Note If you see the preceding li cense notice (w hich displays only in som e versions of software), y ou can ignore the message until you n eed to upgrade the signature f iles on the AIP SSM. The AIP SSM contin[...]

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    19-6 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM Figur e 19-1 Flow of Scanned T r affic with CSC SSM Y ou use ASDM for system setup and monit oring of th e CSC SSM. For advanced co nfiguration of conten t security policies in the CSC SSM software, you acces s[...]

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    19-7 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM Figur e 1 9-2 CSC SSM Deployment with a Management Networ k CSC SSM cannot suport stat eful failov er , because the CSC SSM does not maintain conn ection information and t herefore cannot provide the f ailov er[...]

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    19-8 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM Note The SSM management port IP address must be accessible by the hosts used to run ASDM. The IP addresses for the SSM management port and the adaptiv e security appliance management interface can be in differe[...]

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    19-9 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM W ith a Plus License, the additional features enab led by default are SMTP ant i-spam, SMTP content filt ering, POP3 anti-spam, URL blockin g, and URL filtering. T o access the CSC SSM G UI, in ASD M choose Con[...]

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    19-10 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM • Incoming SMTP connections d estined to inside mail servers. In Figure 19-3 , the adapti ve security applian ce should be configured to di v ert traf fic to CSC SSM requests from clients on the inside netw [...]

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    19-11 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM This access list matches inbound SMTP connections from any e xternal host to any host on the DMZ network. The po licy applied to the outside int erface would therefo re ensure that incoming SMTP email would be[...]

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    19-12 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Managing the CSC SSM hostname(config)# class-map class_map_name hostname(config-cmap)# where class_map_name is th e name of the traf fi c class. When you e nter the class-map command, the CLI enters class map conf iguration mode. [...]

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    19-13 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Checking SSM Status Example 19-1 is based on the netw ork shown in Fi gure 19-3 . It creates two service policies. The first policy , csc_out_polic y , is appli ed to the inside interf ace and uses the csc_out a ccess list to ensu[...]

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    19-14 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Transferring an Image onto an SSM hostname# show module 1 Mod Card Type Model Serial No. --- -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----------- 1 ASA 5500 Series Security Services Module-20 ASA-SSM-20 JAB1[...]

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    19-15 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guid e OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Transferring an Image onto a n SSM T o transfer an image onto an intelligen t SSM, perform the follo wing steps: Step 1 Create or modify a recovery conf igurati on for the SSM. T o do so, perform the following steps: a. Determine [...]

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    19-16 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Co nfiguration Guide OL-8629-01 Chapter 19 Managing the AIP SSM and CSC SSM Transferring an Image onto an SSM Step 3 Check the progress of t he im age transfer and SSM resta rt process. T o do so, use the show module command. For details, see th e “Checking SSM Status” section on page 19-13 . When the[...]