Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)

Detecting attacks

 

 

To add user-defined signatures

1Go to NIDS > Detection > User Defined Signature List.

2Select Upload .

!Caution: Uploading the user-defined signature list overwrites the existing file.

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.

Note: You cannot download individual signatures. You must download the entire user-defined signature list.

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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