IOS IPS config Steps

• Enabling IOS IPS on a router is fairly simple
• Globally load the IPS Signature Package
• Then create an IPS Rule
• Then apply that rule to an interface either inbound or outbound
• To decrypt the signature files we need an RSA Key based on the Cisco Public key
• Configuration steps
• "retire"(disable) all signature categories & then "unretire" (enable) the basic IOS IPS category.
• created a directory in flash to store the IPS configuration
• Create an IOS IPS rule.
• Specify the location of the signature configuration information.
• Apply the