Fortinet A Complete Guide to Configuring IPS for Your Network Security

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IPS overview and general configuration	The FortiGate IPS

IPS overview and general configuration

This section contains the following topics:

•The FortiGate IPS

•Network performance

•Monitoring the network and dealing with attacks

•Using IPS sensors in a protection profile

The FortiGate IPS

An IPS is an Intrusion Prevention System for networks. While early systems focused on intrusion detection, the continuing rapid growth of the Internet, and the potential for the theft of sensitive data, has resulted in the need for not only detection, but prevention.

The FortiGate IPS detects intrusions by using attack signatures for known intrusion methods, and detects anomalies in network traffic to identify new or unknown intrusions. Not only can the IPS detect and log attacks, but users can choose actions to take on the session when an attack is detected. This guide describes how to configure and use the IPS and the IPS response to some common attacks.

Both the IPS predefined signatures and the IPS engine are upgraded through the FortiGuard Distribution Network (FDN). These upgrades provide the latest protection against IM/P2P and other threats. Firmware upgrades will update anomaly options. The FortiGate IPS default settings implement the recommended settings for all signatures and anomalies. Signature settings and some anomaly thresholds are pre-set to work best with the normal traffic on the protected networks. You can create custom signatures for the FortiGate IPS in diverse network environments.

Administrators are notified of intrusions and possible intrusions through log messages and alert email.

Packet logging provides administrators with the ability to analyze packets for forensics and false positive detection.

IPS settings and controls

Configure the Intrusion Protection system using either the web-based manager or the CLI, then select IPS sensors in individual firewall protection profiles.

Note: If virtual domains are enabled on the FortiGate unit, the Intrusion Protection settings are configured separately in each VDOM. All sensors and custom signatures will appear only in the VDOM in which they were created.

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Contents E R G U I D E Trademarks Contents IPS sensors Protocol decodersDoS sensors SYN flood attacksFortiGate IPS IntroductionFortinet documentation About this documentDocument conventions Typographic conventionsFortiGate Pptp VPN User Guide Customer service and technical support Fortinet Knowledge CenterComments on Fortinet technical documentation IPS overview and general configuration IPS settings and controlsThis section contains the following topics Default signature and anomaly settings When to use IPSDefault fail open setting Config ips global Set fail-open enable disable endConfiguring logging and alert email Setting the buffer sizeMonitoring the network and dealing with attacks Controlling sessionsAttack log messages Signature FortiGuard Center AnomalyCreating a protection profile that uses IPS sensors Using IPS sensors in a protection profileAdding protection profiles to firewall policies Select Create NewAdding protection profiles to user groups Using IPS sensors in a protection profile Predefined signatures IPS predefined signaturesViewing the predefined signature list Enable SettingsColumn Clear All FiltersCreate a sensor and add IPS filters to it Viewing the predefined signature list Custom signatures IPS custom signaturesViewing the custom signature list Adding custom signatures using the web-based manager Custom signature configurationAdding custom signatures using the CLI Command syntax patternCreating custom signatures Custom signature fieldsShows the valid characters for custom signature fields Attackid Custom signature syntaxName BufferOverflow SrcportContent keywords Keyword and value Description Deprecated, see pattern and context keywords Context uri Pattern GETPattern yahoo.com Context hostRegex/mdelim PcreRegexdelimismxAEGRU Uri !uristrIP header keywords Keyword and Value Description Protocol tcpTCP header keywords Keyword and Value Description Tcpflags S,12 Tcpflags APUDP header keywords Keyword and Value Description Icmp keywords Keyword and Value UsageOther keywords Keyword and Value Description Example 1 signature to block access to example.com Example custom signaturesSbid --name Block.example.com Sbid --name Block.example.com Example 2 signature to block the Smtp ‘vrfy’ command Sbid --name Block.SMTP.VRFY.CMDSbid --name Block.SMTP.VRFY.CMD --pattern vrfy Creating custom signatures Protocol decoders Protocol decodersUpgrading the IPS protocol decoder list Protocol decoder list Protocols Protocol decoder names Port Viewing the protocol decoder listAlldefaultpass AlldefaultIPS sensors Viewing the IPS sensor listAdding an IPS sensor Configuring IPS sensorsProtectclient ProtectemailserverIPS sensor filters IPS sensor attributesReset Configuring filtersIPS sensor overrides Delete and Edit Delete or edit the filter IconsApplication Configuring pre-defined and custom overridesSource Exempt IPDoS sensors Viewing the DoS sensor list Configuring DoS sensorsSequence in which the sensors examine network traffic Appears, and select OKDoS sensor attributes Anomaly configurationName Enter or change the DoS sensor name Comments Will appear in the DoS sensor listUnderstanding the anomalies Udpflood Anomaly Description TcpdstsessionUdpscan UdpsrcsessionUnderstanding the anomalies What is a SYN flood attack? SYN flood attacksHow SYN floods work What is SYN proxy? What is SYN threshold?FortiGate IPS Response to SYN flood attacks How IPS works to prevent SYN floodsIPS operation before synflood threshold is reached Configuring SYN flood protection Suggested settings for different network conditionsConfigure the options for tcpsynflood Select OK Icmp sweep attacks What is an Icmp sweep?How Icmp sweep attacks work FortiGate IPS response to Icmp sweep attacksPredefined Icmp signatures Icmp sweep anomalies Configuring Icmp sweep protection FortiGate Version 3.0 MR7 IPS User Guide IndexTechnical support