Preface

Revised: July 22, 2009, OL-10610-03

Introduction

This document provides an introduction to Service Security using the Cisco SCE.

Document Revision History

The Document Revision History below records changes to this document.

Table 1 Document Revision History 

Revision
Cisco Service Control
Release and Date
Change Summary

OL-10610-03

Release 3.5.5
July 22, 2009

Versioned document to Release 3.5.5

OL-10610-02

Release 3.1.0
May 2007

Updated document for Release 3.1.0

OL-10610-01

Release 3.0.5
May 2006

Original release of the document


Organization

This guide contains the following sections:

Table 2 Document Organization 

Section
Title
Description

1

Chapter 1, "Introduction and Scope"

This chapter provides an introduction to Service Security using the Cisco SCE.

2

Chapter 2, "Functionality Overview"

This chapter provides an overview of the service security functionality of the SCE platform.

3

Chapter 3, "Anomaly Based Detection"

This chapter describes anomaly based detection using the Cisco SCE platform.

4

Chapter 4, "Mass-Mailing Based Threats"

This chapter introduces the concept of mass-mailing based threats and how to protect against them using the SCE.


Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Table 3 Document Conventions 

Convention
Indication

bold font

Commands and keywords and user-entered text appear in bold font.

italic font

Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.

[ ]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

{ x | y | z }

Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.

[ x | y | z ]

Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.

string

A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

courier font

Terminal sessions and information the system displays appear in courier font.

< >

Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.

[ ]

Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.

!, #

An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.


Note Means reader take note.

Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

Warning Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury.

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