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Glossary
GL-10
FireSIGHT System User Guide
 
access-controlled user
A user whose network use you can control usin
. You specify the LDAP groups that 
access-controlled users must belong to when you configure a connection between a Microsoft Active 
Directory server and the 
. When the 
 reports logins by access-controlled users, 
those users are associated with IP addresses, which in turn allows 
conditions to trigger. Compare with 
access list
A list of IP addresses, configured in the 
. By default, anyone can access the web interface of an appliance using port 443 (HTTPS), as 
well as the command line using port 22 (SSH). You can also add SNMP access using port 161.
active detection
The discovery of 
, and user information using active sources. Active sources include 
scanners such as 
, user input to the system’s web interface, or 
 to the 
 using 
the command line or third-party application API calls. Compare with 
adaptive profile
An 
 profile that uses 
 to determine the operating system for the target 
 
of a packet. Profiles within an intrusion policy then automatically adapt to cause 
defragment IP packets and reassemble streams in the same way as the operating system on the target 
host, and to cause 
 to analyze the data in the same format as that used by the destination host.
advanced malware protection
Abbreviated AMP, the FireSIGHT System’s network-based 
 and 
feature. Compare this functionality with 
, Cisco’s endpoint-based AMP tool that requires a 
.
advanced setting
 or other 
 feature that requires specific expertise to configure. Advanced 
settings typically require little or no modification and are not common to every deployment.
alert
A notification that the system has generated a specific 
. You can alert based on 
(including their 
s), 
s, network-based 
s, 
 
violations, health status changes, an
s logged by specific 
you can alert via email, syslog, or SNMP trap.
alert response
A set of configurations that allows the system to send an 
 via email, syslog, or SNMP trap. You can 
use a single alert response to alert you to multiple types of 
s.
appliance
. An appliance can be physical or software-based (virtual or 
Sourcefire Software for  X-Series).