Cisco DDoS Multi-Device Management System Configuration Guide (Software Release 1.5)
Index

Table Of Contents

Symbols - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Z

Index

Symbols

# (number sign) 11-24, 11-26

* (wildcard) 11-24, 11-26

A

accepting pending dynamic filter 10-17

Accept Thresholds screen

Threshold selection method parameter 9-10, 9-18

weight parameter 9-10, 9-18

Action parameter

flex-content filter 6-8

Policy Filter screen 8-4

user filter 6-17

Zone Policy Form and Zone Policy Parameter Form 8-12

activating

anomaly detection and zone protection 10-1, 10-4

dst-ip-by-ip Protect-IP state 5-11

dst-ip-by-name Protect-IP state 5-11

dynamic filter automatically 5-10

dynamic filter interactively 5-10

entire zone Protect-IP state 5-11

IP address protection 10-6

ondemand protection 10-5

policy-type Protect-IP state 5-11

threshold tuning with Detect or Protect 9-13

zone protection based on zone name 5-13

zone protection by Guard 5-13

zone protection by IP address 5-13

zone protection by packet 5-13

activation options for Guard 10-2

activation parameter

Activation extent 5-13

Activation interface 5-13

active dynamic filters 11-10

Add Bypass Filter screen 6-11

Add Dynamic Filter Form 10-11

adding

bypass filter 6-11

Detector or Guard to the MDM 3-3

Detector or Guard to zone device list 5-20

dynamic filter to Guard 10-11

flex-content filter 6-6

IP address and threshold to policy 8-14

IP address to zone 5-18

service to base zone 9-23

service to policy 7-9

service to zone 8-16

user filter 6-15

users and user groups 2-5

analyzing traffic flow through zone counters 11-13

anomaly detection and zone protection

activating 10-1, 10-4

managing 10-4

options 10-2

attack detection/termination parameters

Filter-rate-pph termination threshold 5-12

Filter-rate termination threshold 5-12

malicious-rate detection threshold 5-11

malicious-rate termination threshold 5-12

protection-end time 5-12

attack report

deleting 11-30

detected anomalies 11-23, 11-24

displaying current details 11-19

displaying details 11-19

displaying past details 11-19

dropped/bounced packets 11-22

exporting 11-29

general information 11-21

HTTP detected zombies 11-28

mitigated attack details 11-26

mitigated attacks 11-25

statistics 11-21

understanding report details 11-21

attack statistics table fields 11-21

attack summary 11-17

automatic learning, configuring 9-5

automatic learning and snapshot overview 9-4

automatic operation mode 10-3

Auto Packet Dump parameter 5-17

B

back-end service problem 12-2

backing up and restoring the MySQL database 2-15

backing up MDM server configuration information 2-15

base zone

adding or deleting service 9-23

copying policy parameters 9-24

Base Zone Policy Comparison screen parameter 9-22

Berkley Packet filter 6-5

Burst parameter

user filter 6-17

zone general 5-11

bypass filter

adding 6-11

definition 6-2

deleting 6-13

displaying 6-12

match criteria parameters 6-11

Bypass Filter Form parameters

Dst Port 6-12

Fragments 6-12

Protocol 6-12

Source IP 6-11

Source subnet 6-11

Bypass Filters table fields 6-13

C

caution, symbol overview xiii

certificate, initiating exchange 3-9

changing

zone operation mode to automatic 10-18

zone operation mode to interactive 10-19

zone operation mode when dynamic filters exceeds 1000 10-19

clearing

Guard global counters 11-6

zone counters 11-14

client, launching MDM 2-18

Compared Zone Policy Comparison screen parameter 9-22

comparing snapshot or policies in zones 9-21

Config Device screen

Description parameter 3-4

Enable parameter 3-4

Hostname parameter 3-3

IP Address parameter 3-3

Config Policy Template screen 7-6

Config screen 5-10

configuring

attack detection/termination parameter 5-11

automatic learning 9-5

bypass filter match criteria parameters 6-11

flex-content filter match criteria parameters 6-7

packet-dump parameters 5-17

server firewall 2-3

snapshot interval of learning process 9-17

snapshots of current learning process results 9-17

synchronization parameters 5-14

zone general attributes 5-10

Conflicts Resolution screen 4-2

consolidation, MDM 1-9

copying policy parameters to base zone 9-24

counters

clearing Guard global 11-6

displaying device-specific 11-14

displaying zone 11-11

Counters screen 11-4

creating

snapshot of policy 9-18

zone 5-3

zone from existing zone 5-8

zone from template 5-6

zone policies snapshot 8-9

D

database connection problem 12-2

DDoS

nonspoofed attacks 1-3

overview 1-3

spoofed attacks 1-3

zombies 1-3

Deactivate window

opening 9-14

Threshold selection method parameter 9-14

weight parameter 9-15

deactivating

Detect or Protect operations 10-7

threshold tuning, Detect, and Protect 9-14

delayed time synchronization 5-14

deleting

attack report 11-30

bypass filter 6-13

Detector or Guard from MDM device list 3-11

Detector or Guard from zone device list 5-21

dynamic filter 10-12

flex-content filter 6-10

IP address and threshold from policy 8-15

IP address from zone 5-19

service from base zone 9-23

service from policy 7-10

snapshot 9-21

user filter 6-18

zone 5-23

Description parameter

Config Device screen 3-4

flex-content filter 6-7

zone general screen 5-10

Detect and Protect, deactivating operations 10-7

detected anomalies 11-24

Detected Anomalies Details table fields 11-24

Detected Anomalies table fields 11-23

Detection Time

field 8-7

Detection Time, setting

Detection Time

setting 8-13

Detector

adding to MDM device list 3-3

adding to zone device list 5-20

deleting from MDM device list 3-11

deleting from zone device list 5-21

disabling or enabling communication with MDM 3-11

managing remote guards defined with a zone detector 5-21

overview 1-4

preparing for operation with MDM 3-2

DETECTOR_WORM zone template 5-4

device

changing device for a zone policy 8-3, 8-10, 9-19

communication problem 12-4

Device List screen 3-5, 3-6

Device List table fields 3-5, 11-15

Device Resource table 3-7

disconnected problem 12-4

initialization problem 12-5

resource information, displaying 3-6

device recommendations

displaying 10-14

displaying dynamic filters 10-15

device resources

Device Resource table fields 3-7

Device Resources table 3-7

Devices and Master table fields 5-7

device suspended problem 12-4

disabling communication with Detector or Guard 3-11

displaying

bypass filter 6-12

current zone attack 11-19

device recommendations 10-14

device-specific counter information 11-14

drop statistics table 11-31

dynamic filters 10-9

flex-content filters 6-8

global Guard counters 11-4

HTTP zombies list 11-31

MDM device list 3-5

network event log 11-6

past zone attack 11-19

pending dynamic filters of recommendation 10-15

policy differences in zone configuration or snapshot 9-21

policy templates 7-5

snapshot 9-19

traffic counter and zone status information 10-7

user filter 6-17

zone attacks summary report 11-16

zone counters 11-11

zone event log 11-16

zone policies 8-2, 8-8

zone status 11-7, 11-8

dns_tcp policy template 7-2

dns_udp policy template 7-2

documentation, related xii

dropped/bounced packets 11-22

Dropped/Bounced table fields 11-22

Drop Statistics table fields 11-32

Dst Port Bypass Filter Form parameter 6-12

Dst Port Flex-Content filter parameter 6-7

Dst Port User filter parameter 6-16

dynamic filter

accepting pending 10-17

activating automatically 5-10

activating interactively 5-10

active 11-10

adding to Guard 10-11

definition 6-2

deleting 10-12

displaying 10-9

displaying pending dynamic filters of a recommendation 10-15

managing 10-8

managing recommendations 10-13

pending 10-13

preventing unwanted 10-13

Dynamic Filters Form fields 10-11

Dynamic filters screen 10-9

Dynamic Filter table fields 10-9

E

elements used in flex-content filter expression 6-3

Enable Config Device parameter 3-4

enabling

communication with Detector or Guard 3-11

MDM service 3-2

End Offset Flex-Content filter parameter 6-8

exchanging certificates and keys 3-9

excluding IP address from zone 5-18

exporting

attack report from Attack Summary screen 11-29

attack report from zone menu option 11-30

data files from the MDM server 2-14

Expression Flex-Content filter parameter 6-7

expression rules for flex-content filter 6-4

F

filter

bypass 6-2

dynamic 6-2

flex-content 6-2

user 6-2

Filter consolidation error

Bypass Filters table 6-13

Flex-Content Filters table 6-9

User Filters table 6-18

Filter-rate-pph termination threshold attack detection/termination parameter 5-12

Filter-rate termination threshold attack detection/termination parameter 5-12

flex-content filter

Action parameter 6-8

adding 6-6

definition 6-2

deleting 6-10

Description parameter 6-7

displaying 6-8

Dst Port parameter 6-7

elements 6-3

End Offset parameter 6-8

Expression parameter 6-7

expression rules 6-4

expression syntax 6-3

Match Case parameter 6-7

match criteria parameters 6-7

modifying 6-10

Pattern parameter 6-7

pattern syntax 6-5

Protocol parameter 6-7

qualifiers 6-3

special characters used in pattern 6-6

Start Offset parameter 6-7

State parameter 6-8

Flex-Content Filter Form 6-7

Flex-Content Filters table fields 6-9

Fragments Bypass Filter Form parameter 6-12

fragments policy template 7-2

Fragments User filter parameter 6-16

G

Global Current Counters/Rates table fields 11-5

Guard

activating dst-ip-by-ip Protect-IP state 5-11

activating dst-ip-by-name Protect-IP state 5-11

activating entire zone Protect-IP state 5-11

activating ondemand protection 10-5

activating policy-type Protect-IP state 5-11

activating zone protection 5-13

activation options 10-2

adding dynamic filter 10-11

adding to MDM device list 3-3

adding to zone device list 5-20

clearing global counters 11-6

deleting from MDM device list 3-11

deleting from zone device list 5-21

disabling or enabling communication with MDM 3-11

displaying global counters 11-4

managing remote guards defined with a zone detector 5-21

ondemand protection overview 10-2

overview 1-5

preparing for operation with MDM 3-2

remote Guard list, excluding during synchronization (Detector only) 4-7, 5-15

subzones created by 10-3

GUARD_DEFAULT zone template 5-4

GUARD_LINK zone template 5-5

GUARD_TCP_NO_ PROXY zone template 5-5

GUARD_VOIP zone template 5-5

H

Hostname Config Device parameter 3-3

http_ns policy template 7-4

http policy template 7-2

HTTP zombie attack 11-28

HTTP zombies list, displaying 11-31

HTTP Zombies table fields 11-31

I

icons 2-23

immediate distribution 4-4

overview 1-8

Immediate synchronization parameter 5-14

initiating synchronization manually 4-7

installing MDM 2-2

interactive operation mode 10-3

interactive protection mode 10-3

ip_scanpolicy template 7-2

IP address

activating protection 10-6

adding to zone 5-18

Config Device screen parameter 3-3

deleting from zone 5-19

excluding from zone 5-18

list, specifying for zone 5-6

Protect IP screen parameter 10-6

specifying for zone 5-6

updating zone policies after modifying 5-19

IP mask Protect IP screen parameter 10-6

IP Threshold IP Entry Form parameter 8-15

L

launching MDM from the client 2-18

learning activation extent 9-3

Learning parameters for Zone Policy Form and Zone Policy Parameter Form 8-13

learning process

accepting the threshold tuning phase results 9-10

automatic snapshots of 9-17

device activation 9-3

overview 1-6

performing 9-7

phase 9-2

results of 9-3

snapshot, managing 9-16

snapshots of current results 9-17

starting policy construction phase 9-8

starting threshold tuning phase 9-9

stopping policy construction phase 9-9

stopping threshold tuning phase 9-11

learning process phase

policy construction 9-2

threshold tuning 9-2

learning traffic overview 9-5

M

malicious-rate detection threshold attack detection/termination parameter 5-11

malicious-rate termination threshold 10-8

attack detection/termination parameter 5-12

managing

anomaly detection and zone protection 10-4

Detector and Guard devices on the MDM network 3-1

device recommendations for dynamic filters 10-13

dynamic filter 10-8

learning process snapshot 9-16

network statistical and status information 1-9

time-differentiation with devices in network 3-10

zone configurations 1-7

marking zone policies tuned or untuned 9-15

Match Case Flex-Content filter parameter 6-7

match criteria parameters

bypass filter 6-11

flex-content filter 6-7

Max. disk space packet dump parameter 5-17

Max. rate zone general parameter 5-11

Max Services policy template parameter 7-8

MDM

backing up server configuration information 2-15

backing up the MySQL database 2-15

consolidation 1-9

disabling or enabling communication with Detector or Guard 3-11

enabling service 3-2

exporting data files 2-14

installing 2-2

managing network statistical and status information 1-9

managing zone configurations 1-7

network 1-1

overview 1-1, 1-6

permitting network access to a device 3-2

providing security 2-2

removing related information from the server 2-17

resolving database conflicts 4-2

tracking device-to-zone associations 1-6

uninstalling 2-16

MDM browser window

navigating 2-20

overview 2-18

zone icons 2-23

MDM device list

adding Detector or Guard 3-3

deleting Detector or Guard 3-11

displaying 3-5

MDM network, managing Detector and Guard devices 3-1

MDM service, enabling 3-2

MDM system requirements 2-1

Minimal difference Policy Comparison screen parameter 9-22

Min Threshold policy template parameter 7-7

mitigated attack details 11-26

Mitigated Attack Details table fields 11-26

mitigated attacks 11-25

Mitigated Attacks table fields 11-25

modifying

current zone automatic synchronization parameters 4-5

flex-content filter 6-10

policy 8-10

policy template 7-6

zone general configuration 5-10

MultiDevice 2-1

MySQL and user accounts, hardening 2-14

MySQL database, backing up and restoring 2-15

N

navigating the MDM browser window 2-20

network, MDM 1-1

network event log

displaying 11-6

severity levels 11-6

Network Summary table fields 11-4

nonspoofed attacks 1-3

note, symbol overview xiii

O

ondemand protection overview 10-2

Operation mode zone general parameter 5-10

other_protocols policy template 7-2

overview

automatic learning and snapshot 9-4

Detector 1-4

Guard 1-5

learning process device activation 9-3

learning traffic 9-5

MDM 1-1, 1-6

MDM browser window 2-18

ondemand protection by Guard 10-2

policy template 7-1

user filter 6-14

zone 1-5, 5-1

zone filters 6-1

P

packet dump parameter

Auto Packet Dump 5-17

Max. disk space 5-17

Pattern Flex-Content filter parameter 6-7

pattern syntax used by flex-content filter 6-5

Pending Dynamic Filters screen 10-16

Pending Dynamic filters table fields 10-16

Per Attack Summary table fields 11-17

performing

learning process 9-7

state preserving removal operation 2-16

permitting network access to a device from the MDM 3-2

pinging a Detector or Guard device 3-10

Policies, Policy Filter screen parameter 8-4

Policies screen 8-2

policy

adding IP address and threshold 8-14

adding service 7-9

comparing in two zone configurations 9-21

creating snapshot 9-18

deleting IP address and threshold 8-15

deleting service 7-10

displaying differences in zone configurations or snapshots 9-21

excluding during synchronization 4-7, 5-15

modifying 8-10

Policy, Policy Filter screen parameter 8-4

Policy Comparison screen

Base Zone parameter 9-22

Compare Zone parameter 9-22

Minimal difference parameter 9-22

opening 9-21

policy comparison table 9-23

policy construction phase

definition 9-2

starting 9-8

stopping 9-9

Policy Filter screen parameters

Action 8-4

Policies 8-4

Policy 8-4

Policy template 8-3

Protection level 8-4

Service 8-3

State 8-4

Type 8-4

policy parameter, copying to base zone 9-24

Policy table fields 8-4, 8-8

policy template

displaying 7-5

dns_tcp 7-2

dns_udp 7-2

fragments 7-2

http 7-2

http_ns 7-4

ip_scan 7-2

Max Services parameter 7-8

Min Threshold parameter 7-7

modifying 7-6

other_protocols 7-2

overview 7-1

port_scan 7-2

sip_udp 7-4

State parameter 7-7

tcp_connections 7-2

tcp_connections_ns 7-4

tcp_not_auth 7-2

tcp_outgoing_ns 7-4

tcp_ratio 7-2

tcp_services 7-3

tcp_services_ns 7-3

tcp-outgoing 7-2

types 7-2

udp_services 7-3

Policy template, Policy Filter screen parameter 8-3

Policy Template table fields 7-5

port_scan policy template 7-2

pph policies

Detection Time field 8-7

MDM software restrictions 8-4

reqs_pph 8-5, 8-13

syns_pph 8-5

preparing Detector and Guard devices 3-2

preventing unwanted dynamic filters 10-13

protection-end time attack detection/termination parameter 5-12

Protection level, Policy Filter screen parameter 8-4

Protect IP screen

IP address parameter 10-6

IP mask parameter 10-6

opening 10-6

Protect-IP state zone general parameter 5-11

Protocol parameter

Bypass Filter Form 6-12

flex-content filter 6-7

User filter 6-16

R

Rate User filter parameter 6-16

Real-Time Transport Protocol/Real-Time Control Protocol 5-5

Recommendations screen 10-14

Recommendations table fields 10-14

Remote Guards table, fields 5-22

removing

all MDM-related information from the server 2-17

old reports 2-16

reports, removing 2-16

reqs_pph 8-5

resolving

back-end service problem 12-2

database connection problem 12-2

device disconnected problem 12-4

device initialization problem 12-5

device suspended problem 12-4

MDM database conflicts 4-2

Tomcat server problem 12-3

S

screen

Add Bypass Filter 6-11

Config 5-10

Config Device 3-3

Config Policy Template 7-6

Conflicts Resolution 4-2

Counters 11-4

Device List 3-5, 3-6

Dynamic filters 10-9

Pending Dynamic Filters 10-16

Policies 8-2

Policy Comparison 9-21

Protect IP 10-6

Recommendations 10-14

Zombie List 11-31

Secure Copy Protocol, using to export data files 2-14

security

configuring server firewall 2-3

defining users and user groups 2-5

exporting data files 2-14

hardening MySQL and user accounts 2-14

using TACACS+ 2-5

selecting zones to perform the learning process 9-5

service

adding to base zone 9-23

adding to policy 7-9

deleting from base zone 9-23

deleting from policy 7-10

restart problem 12-1

Service, Policy Filter screen parameter 8-3

Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) 5-5

severity levels for network event log 11-6

severity levels for zone event log 11-16

sip_udp policy template 7-4

SIP User filter action 6-15

snapshot

comparing 9-21

current learning process results 9-17

deleting 9-21

displaying 9-19

displaying policy differences 9-21

regular intervals of learning process 9-17

viewing, modifying, or saving to the zone configuration 9-19

zone configuration policies 9-18

Snapshot List table fields 9-20

Source IP parameter

Bypass Filter Form 6-11

User filter 6-16

Source subnet parameter

Bypass Filter Form 6-11

User filter 6-16

spoofed attacks 1-3

Spoofed Statistics table fields 11-34

SSH File Transfer Protocol, using to export data files 2-14

starting

policy construction phase