Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual page 37

Network and system settings
within a particular category by going to
clicking on the name of the category. The examples are displayed above the
the page.
Enabling automated protection
To enable intrusion protection on your VCS:
1. Go to System > Administration.
2. Set Automated protection service to On.
3. Click Save.
4. You must then ensure that the required protection categories are enabled and configured, and that any
required exemptions are specified, as described below.
All protection categories are disabled by default.
Configuring protection categories
The Automated detection overview
Configuration) is used to enable and configure the VCS's protection categories, and to view current activity.
The page displays a summary of all available categories, showing:
Status: this indicates if the category is configured to be On or Off. When On, it additionally indicates the
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state of the category: this is normally Active, but may temporarily display Initializing or Shutting down when
a category has just been enabled or disabled. Check the alarms if it displays Failed.)
Currently blocked: the number of addresses currently being blocked for this category.
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Total failures: the total number of failed attempts to access the services associated with this category.
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Total blocks: the total number of times that a block has been triggered. Note that:
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The Total blocks will typically be less than the Total failures (unless the Trigger level is set to 1).
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The same address can be blocked and released several times per category, with each occurrence
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counting as a separate block.
Exemptions: the number of addresses that are configured as exempt from this category.
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From this page, you can also view any currently blocked addresses or any exemptions that apply to a
particular category.
Enabling and disabling categories
To enable or disable one or more protection categories:
1. Go to System > Protection > Automated detection >
2. Select the check box alongside the categories you want to enable or disable.
3. Click Enable or Disable as appropriate.
Configuring a category's blocking rules
To configure a category's specific blocking rules:
1. Go to System > Protection > Automated detection >
2. Click on the name of the category you want to configure.
You are taken to the configuration page for that category.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X8.1.1)
System > Protection > Automated detection > Configuration
page (System > Protection > Automated detection >
Configuration.
Configuration.
Intrusion protection
Status section at the bottom of
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