Chapter 14 Configuring The Csc Ssm; About The Csc Ssm - Cisco 5510 - ASA SSL / IPsec VPN Edition Getting Started Manual

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About the CSC SSM

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Configuring the CSC SSM
The ASA 5500 series adaptive security appliance supports the CSC SSM, which
runs Content Security and Control software. The CSC SSM provides protection
against viruses, spyware, spam, and other unwanted traffic by scanning the FTP,
HTTP, POP3, and SMTP traffic that the adaptive security appliance diverts to it.
The CSC SSM requires the Cisco ASA 5500 series software Version 7.1(1) or
later.
This chapter includes the following sections:
About the CSC SSM, page 14-1
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• About Deploying the Adaptive Security Appliance with the CSC SSM,
page 14-2
Scenario: Security Appliance with CSC SSM Deployed for Content Security,
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page 14-4
What to Do Next, page 14-17
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The CSC SSM maintains a file containing signature profiles of suspicious content,
updated regularly from an update server at Trend Micro. The CSC SSM scans
traffic it receives from the adaptive security appliance and compares it to the
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