CCNP Security Question of the Week: IPS Updates

June 12, 2015 Johnny Bass Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Refer to the exhibit below:

ida-client server url https://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/ida/locator.pl

ip ips auto-update

 cisco

 occur-at weekly 0-6 1 0

 username CISCO123 password SANFRAN

What can be determined about IPS updates from the configuration shown?

A. Updates will be stored in the directory labeled “cisco.“
B. Updates will be stored on the ida-client server.
C. Updates will be retrieved from an external source every day of the week.
D. Updates will occur once per week on Sundays between midnight and 6 a.m. (0000 and 0600).

Reveal Answer

Answer: C.

The IPS sensors can be configured to automatically update their signature file be from Cisco’s web site. In this case, the frequency of the update will be everyday (the syntax for occur-at {[monthly | weekly] days minutes hours}). With the 0–6, this indicates daily, day 0 through day 6.

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