Fortinet 5.0 Patch 6 Manually starting & stopping a vulnerability scan

Fortinet 515 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide

Manually starting & stopping a vulnerability scan

If the schedule type associated with the vulnerability scan policy is set to Run Now, You can

manually start and stop a scan. (You cannot manually start a scan that is scheduled.)

To manually start a scan

1. Go to Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Scan Policy.

2. Locate a vulnerability scan whose Schedule column says Run Now and whose status

indicator is green (idle).

You cannot manually start a scan that has been scheduled in advance, or that is currently in

progress.

3. In the row for that vulnerability scan, click the Start icon.

FortiWeb connects to the target host configured in the profile and, if enabled to do so,

authenticates. The status indicator flashes red and yellow while the scan is running.

When the scan is finished the status indicator returns to green (idle).

A summary of scan results appears in the section hidden by the blue expansion arrow. To

reveal them, click the arrow.

You can view and/or download the full scan report via the web UI (see “Viewing vulnerability

scan reports” on page 516 and “Downloading vulnerability scan reports” on page 517). If

email settings were selected in the scan, a scan report is also delivered to its recipients.

To stop a scan

1. Go to Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Scan Policy.

2. Locate a vulnerability scan whose status indicator is flashing red and yellow, indicating that

the scan is running.

3. In the row for that vulnerability scan, click the Stop icon.

The vulnerability scan stops. The status indicator returns to green (idle). You can In the Name

column, you can click the blue expansion arrow to view a summary of the scan results to the

point where you stopped the scan.