I get your point PJ. If we try that out, it will clarify us.

With regards
Kings

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Pieter-Jan Nefkens <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Kings,
>
> thanks for that snippet of info. Altough I would also expect to actually be
> able to filter inbound connections on http as you might have a dmz webserver
> and want to restrict the type and length of requests to be sent to that
> server.
>
> But would the MPF (e.g. inspect in combination with a class-map) not be an
> option?
> It's perhaps not part for the global application inspection,but it might be
> worth a try..
>
> Kind regards
> Pieter-Jan
>
>    On 24 sep 2010, at 08:20, Kingsley Charles wrote:
>
>  It seems that for some application inspections are not bidirectional. For
> example the ASA applies http and ftp filtering for outbound connections and
> not for
> inbound. It's ASA limitation.
>
>
> Snippet from
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa80/configuration/guide/intparam.html#wp1057744
>
> Inspection engines—Some application inspection engines are dependent on the
> security level. For same security interfaces, inspection engines apply to
> traffic in either direction.
>
> NetBIOS inspection engine—Applied only for outbound connections.
>
> SQL*Net inspection engine—If a control connection for the SQL*Net (formerly
> OraServ) port exists between a pair of hosts, then only an inbound data
> connection is permitted through the security appliance.
>
> Filtering—HTTP(S) and FTP filtering applies only for outbound connections
> (from a higher level to a lower level).
>
> If you enable communication for same security interfaces, you can filter
> traffic in either direction.
>
>
>
> With regards
>
> Kings
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>   Was going through the Cisco ASA config guide and understanding that *some
>> *application inspection engines are dependent on the security level.I am
>> trying to understand the relation between inspection engines and the
>> security-level and also why only some application inspection engine depends
>> on the security level.
>>
>> If you could explain or point to me a proper documentation,would really
>> appreciate that.
>>
>> Regards
>> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
>>
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