Sensor Directory Structure - Cisco IDS-4230-FE - Intrusion Detection Sys Fast Ethernet Sensor Installation And Configuration Manual

System Architectural Details
Figure A-6 Sending Commands Through RDEP
Sensor
CT Request
Application
CT Response

Sensor Directory Structure

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Remote applications can send commands to the sensor through RDEP. The remote
client sends an RDEP control transaction to the sensor's WebServer, which passes
it to the Control Transaction Server. The Control Transaction Server passes the
control transaction through IDAPI to the appropriate application, waits for the
application's response, and then returns the result.
applications sending commands to the sensor through RDEP.
IDAPI
IDS 4.x has the following directory structure:
• /usr/cids/idsRoot—Main installation directory.
• /usr/cids/idsRoot/shared—Stores files used during system recovery.
/usr/cids/idsRoot/var—Stores files created dynamically while the sensor is
•
running.
/usr/cids/idsRoot/var/updates—Stores files and logs for update installations.
•
• /usr/cids/idsRoot/var/virtualSensor—Stores files used by SensorApp to
analyze regular expressions.
Appendix A
IEV, IDS-MC, Third Party Event
Management Applications
RDEP
Client
HTTP
POST
WebServer
CT Request
CT Server
CT Response
Intrusion Detection System Architecture
Figure A-6 shows remote
CT
Response
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