Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Detecting attacks
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To add user-defined signatures
1Go to NIDS > Detection > User Defined Signature List.
2Select Upload .
3Type the path and filename of the text file for the user-defined signature list or select
Browse and locate the file.
4Select OK to upload the text file for the user-defined signature list.
5Select Return to display the uploaded user-defined signature list.
Figure 33:Example user-defined signature list
Downloading the user-defined signature list
You can back up the user-defined signature list by downloading it to a text file on the
management computer.
To download the user-defined signature list
1Go to NIDS > Detection > User Defined Signature List.
2Select Download.
The FortiGate unit downloads the user-defined signature list to a text file on the
management computer. You can specify a location to which to download the text file
as well as a name for the text file.
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Caution: Uploading the user-defined signature list overwrites the existing file.
Note: You cannot download individual signatures. You must download the entire user-defined
signature list.