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Glossary cipher key The secret binary data used to convert between clear text and cipher text. When the same cipher key is used for both encryption and decryption, it is called symmetric. When it is used for either encryption or decryption (but not both), it is called asymmetric. Cisco IOS Cisco system software that provides common functionality, scalability, and security for all products under the CiscoFusion architecture. Cisco IOS allows centralized, integrated, and automated installation and management of internetworks while supporting a wide variety of protocols, media, services, and platforms. CLI command-line interface. A shell provided with the sensor used for configuring and controlling the sensor applications. CollaborationApp A component of the IPS. Shares information with other devices through a global correlation database to improve the combined efficacy of all the devices. command and control interface The interface on the sensor that communicates with the IPS manager and other network devices. This interface has an assigned IP address. community In SNMP, a logical group of managed devices and NMSs in the same administrative domain. composite attack Spans multiple packets in a single session. Examples include most conversation attacks such as FTP, Telnet, and most Regex-based attacks. connection block ARC blocks traffic from a given source IP address to a given destination IP address and destination port. console A terminal or laptop computer used to monitor and control the sensor. console port An RJ45 or DB9 serial port on the sensor that is used to connect to a console device. control interface When ARC opens a Telnet or SSH session with a network device, it uses one of the routing interfaces of the device as the remote IP address. This is the control interface. control transaction CT. An IPS message containing a command addressed to a specific application instance. Example control transactions include start, stop, getConfig. Control Transaction A component of the IPS. Accepts control transactions from a remote client, initiates a local control Server transaction, and returns the response to the remote client. Control Transaction A component of the IPS. Waits for control transactions directed to remote applications, forwards the Source control transactions to the remote node, and returns the response to the initiator. cookie A piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser that the browser is expected to save and send back to the web server whenever the browser makes additional requests of the web server. CSA MC Cisco Security Agent Management Center. CSA MC receives host posture information from the CSA agents it manages. It also maintains a watch list of IP addresses that it has determined should be quarantined from the network. CSM Cisco Security Manager, the provisioning component of the Cisco Self-Defending Networks solution. CS-Manager is fully integrated with CS-MARS. OL-18504-01 Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.0 GL-5