
C613-50186-01 Rev B
Command Reference for AR2050V
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AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-1.x
IPS C
OMMANDS
CATEGORY
ACTION
(IPS)
category action (IPS)
Overview
Use this command to configure an action for a specified category.
Use the
no
variant of this command to set the default action of alert for a specified
category.
Syntax
category <
category-name>
action {alert|deny|disable}
no category <
category-name>
action
Default
The default action is alert.
Mode
IPS Mode
Examples
To drop packet categorized as
checksum
, use the commands:
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
ips
awplus(config-ips)#
category checksum action deny
To set the default action for category
checksum
, use the commands:
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
ips
awplus(config-ips)#
no category checksum action
Validation
Commands
Parameter
Description
<
category-name>
Category name. A category is a label that helps to classify the
nature of traffic, for example, whether it is spammer, spot or
spyware and so on. Once IPS protection is enabled, traffic will
be categorized according to the available IPS categories. You
can use the
command to view the
categories and their actions.
alert
Generate a log message. This is the default action.
deny
Drop the matching packets. No error message is sent back to
the source host.
disable
Ignore a specified category. Ignored categories will not be
used to categorize traffic.