
Glossary
GL-9
Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
OL-6721-01
inspection engine
The security appliance inspects certain application-level protocols to identify the location of
embedded addressing information in traffic. This allows NAT to translate these embedded addresses
and to update any checksum or other fields that are affected by the translation. Because many
protocols open secondary TCP or UDP ports, each application inspection engine also monitors
sessions to determine the port numbers for secondary channels. The initial session on a well-known
port is used to negotiate dynamically assigned port numbers. The application inspection engine
monitors these sessions, identifies the dynamic port assignments, and permits data exchange on these
ports for the duration of the specific session. Some of the protocols that the security appliance can
inspect are CTIQBE, FTP, H.323, HTTP, MGCP, SMTP, and SNMP.
interface
The physical connection between a particular network and a security appliance.
interface ip_address
The IP address of a security appliance network interface. Each interface IP address must be unique.
Two or more interfaces must not be given the same IP address or IP addresses that are on the same IP
network.
interface names
Human readable name assigned to a security appliance network interface. The inside interface default
name is “inside” and the outside interface default name is “outside.” Any perimeter interface default
names are “intfn”, such as intf2 for the first perimeter interface, intf3 for the second perimeter
interface, and so on to the last interface. The numbers in the intf string corresponds to the position of
the interface card in the security appliance. You can use the default names or, if you are an experienced
user, give each interface a more meaningful name. See also inside, intfn, outside.
intfn
Any interface, usually beginning with port 2, that connects to a subset network of your design that you
can custom name and configure.
interface PAT
The use of PAT where the PAT IP address is also the IP address of the outside interface. See Dynamic
PAT, Static PAT.
Internet
The global network that uses IP. Not a LAN. See also intranet.
intranet
Intranetwork. A LAN that uses IP. See also network and Internet.
IP
Internet Protocol. IP protocols are the most popular nonproprietary protocols because they can be used
to communicate across any set of interconnected networks and are equally well suited for LAN and
WA N communications.
IPS
Intrusion Prevention Service. An in-line, deep-packet inspection-based solution that helps mitigate a
wide range of network attacks.
IP address
An IP protocol address. A security appliance interface ip_address. IP version 4 addresses are 32 bits
in length. This address space is used to designate the network number, optional subnetwork number,
and a host number. The 32 bits are grouped into four octets (8 binary bits), represented by 4 decimal
numbers separated by periods, or dots. The meaning of each of the four octets is determined by their
use in a particular network.
IP pool
A range of local IP addresses specified by a name, and a range with a starting IP address and an ending
address. IP Pools are used by DHCP and VPNs to assign local IP addresses to clients on the inside
interface.
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