How to Generate Approve and Deploy IDS Sensor Configuration Files

How to Generate, Approve, and Deploy IDS Sensor Configuration Files

The previous section, "Configuring Signatures and Alarms," covered how to select the proper values for the sensor settings and signature settings. The next step in using the IDS MC is to review and generate the configuration files that contain those settings. Once the configuration files for the IDS sensors have been generated, they need to be reviewed by the appropriate personnel and then deployed to the sensors. This section, covers how to review and generate the IDS sensor configuration files as well as how to approve and deploy the configuration files to the sensors.