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August 19, 2009

Technical Tip: How to use an IPS custom override

  • August 19, 2009
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Description

 

This article describes how to use an IPS custom override.

 

Scope

 

FortiGate.

Solution

In v7.4.0 and above:

 

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Navigate to Security Profiles -> IPS Signatures -> Select Create New, and signatures can be added according to the requirement.

 

To configure a custom signature, see Technical Tip: How to configure custom IPS signature for a specific web site.

 

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Navigate to Security Profile -> Intrusion Prevention -> IPS profile -> Create New -> Type Signature -> Select Signature -> Action Block.

 

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Apply the new IPS profile in a firewall policy.

 

Related articles:

Configuring an IPS sensor

Configuring custom signatures

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