topic Re: Basic Sensor Doubts in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/basic-sensor-doubts/m-p/1167682#M77478 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Doesn't blocking actually drop all traffic from that IP for a specified period while dropping or stopping means it drops the packets as they are triggered?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:39:07 GMT larry.atkins 2009-03-23T19:39:07Z Basic Sensor Doubts https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/basic-sensor-doubts/m-p/1167681#M77477 <P>Hi all,</P><P></P><P>I am having some basic doubts regarding the functionality of the sensor.</P><P></P><P>case 1</P><P>------</P><P></P><P>Assume that sensor is in inline mode.Then</P><P></P><P>1) By default "stop" atomic attacks</P><P>2) By default "stop" attacks that span multiple packets</P><P>3) By default block IP address or network addresses without "blocking" being configured?</P><P></P><P>In the above case how is "stoping" an attack differnet from blocking it?</P><P></P><P>case 2</P><P>------</P><P>Assume that sensor is in promiscous mode</P><P>1) By default "stop" atomic attacks</P><P>2) By default "stop" attacks that span multiple packets</P><P>3) By default block IP address or network addresses without "blocking" being configured</P><P></P><P>Also in this case how is "stoping" an attack different from "blocking" an IP or network address?</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance</P><P>MD</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:33:39 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/basic-sensor-doubts/m-p/1167681#M77477 MannyD123 2019-03-10T11:33:39Z Re: Basic Sensor Doubts https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/basic-sensor-doubts/m-p/1167682#M77478 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Doesn't blocking actually drop all traffic from that IP for a specified period while dropping or stopping means it drops the packets as they are triggered?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:39:07 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/basic-sensor-doubts/m-p/1167682#M77478 larry.atkins 2009-03-23T19:39:07Z