Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Figure 32: IDS Server
window
About the IDS
Configuration: IDS
Server window
About the Shunned
IPs window
Figure 33: IDS
Configuration: Shunned
IPs window
Chapter 3: General System Tasks
Configuring the shund server
To add a new IDS server, click New. To modify an existing IDS server, highlight
the server and click Modify. To create a duplicate an IDS server, click
Duplicate. The IDS Configuration: IDS Server window appears.
The IDS Server window allows you a create or modify an IDS server.
Follow the steps below to create or modify an IDS server.
1 In the IDS Server IP address field, enter the IP address for the IDS server.
2 In the Shared secret field, enter a text string that the IDS server uses to
generate a signature for shun packets.
3 In the Default time to shun an IP address field, specify the amount of time
for which the IP addresses will be shunned, as follows:
a In the drop-down list, specify the time format to use by selecting either
Seconds, Minutes, Hours, or Days.
b In the text field, enter the number of seconds, minutes, hours, or days.
4 Click OK to save your changes and return to the Configuration tab. (To
cancel your changes, click Cancel.)
The Shunned IPs window allows you to view and modify the currently shunned
IP addresses.
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