topic Perhaps you have failed some in Network Security

IOS IPS Signature Issue

warnetrules — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:27:44 GMT

I am having problems with uploading the signatures for IOS IPS. I am following the write-up provided at the following link.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/ios-intrusion-prevention-system-ips/prod_white_paper0900aecd805c4ea8.html

Once I have uploaded the signatures, per the write-up, they should automatically start compiling however that never happens. Also, the write-up states that the package should contain 6 files in xml format however, the files in this package are in xmz format. I have tried this setup on 2 separate router models, 2901 and 5915, however they signatures never compile. This is the latest package list on the Cisco download site, IOS-S914-CLI.pkg.

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on how to activate the signatures? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Perhaps you have failed some

Philip D'Ath — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:12:43 GMT

Perhaps you have failed some other dependency. What version of software are you using on your 2901?

I assume the 2901 has an active current IPS licence?

I was able to figure it out.

warnetrules — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 17:06:35 GMT

I was able to figure it out. It was really simple I feel pretty dumb. I was importing the signatures directly into the directory I created using the command copy tftp ips. I changed the command to copy tftp://192.168.1.2/IOS.S914.CLI.pkg idconf. Once I was able to add the "idconf" option at the end of the command, the signatures were compiled successfully and imported into the ips directory.