Protocol Settings Tab - Enterasys Intrusion Prevention System Manual

Example
To ignore all FTP traffic, both data packets (port 20) and control packets (port 21) whether the port
is the source or destination (any), you would add the following settings to the Port Settings tab.

Protocol Settings Tab

Use the Protocol Settings tab to tell the sensor to ignore traffic related to specific protocols,
identified by number.
The following table lists common protocols and their associated values. The original source for
this information was http://www.iana.org.
Table 2-2 Protocol Numbers
Number
1
2
3
4
6
8
9
17
45
46
47
53
55
57
88
94
115
Protocol Description
ICMP Internet Control Message [RFC792]
IGMP Internet Group Management [RFC1112]
GGP Gateway-to-Gateway [RFC823]
IP IP in IP (encapsulation) [RFC2003]
TCP Transport Control Protocol
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol [RFC888,DLM1]
IGP any private interior gateway [IANA]
UDP User Datagram [RFC768,JBP]
IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol [Sue Hares]
RSVP Reservation Protocol [Bob Braden]
GRE General Routing Encapsulation [Tony Li]
SWIPE IP with Encryption [JI6]
MOBILE IP Mobility [Perkins]
SKIP SKIP [Markson]
EIGRP EIGRP [CISCO,GXS]
IPIP IP-within-IP Encapsulation Protocol [JI6]
L2TP Layer Two Tunneling Protocol [Aboba]
Configuring the Application Filter Module
Creating Network Sensor Policies and Signatures 2-11