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Intrusion prevention signatures

Intrusion prevention signatures

As a restricted administrator, you can view and create IPS signatures by going to Intrusion Prevention > IP Signatures in the FortiManager tree menu.

Configured IPS signatures can be added to an IPS profile and installed to devices.

To create a custom signatures as a restricted administrator:
  1. Log on as a restricted administrator.
  2. Go to Intrusion Prevention > IPS Signatures.
  3. Click Create New. The Create New Custom Signature screen appears.

  4. Specify the values for the following and click OK.
    • Name - specify a name for the custom signature.
    • Signature - add a custom signature.
    • Status - toggle the status to ON.
Note

For additional information on managing IPS signatures and viewing signature details, see IPS Signatures in Policy & Objects.

Intrusion prevention signatures

As a restricted administrator, you can view and create IPS signatures by going to Intrusion Prevention > IP Signatures in the FortiManager tree menu.

Configured IPS signatures can be added to an IPS profile and installed to devices.

To create a custom signatures as a restricted administrator:
  1. Log on as a restricted administrator.
  2. Go to Intrusion Prevention > IPS Signatures.
  3. Click Create New. The Create New Custom Signature screen appears.

  4. Specify the values for the following and click OK.
    • Name - specify a name for the custom signature.
    • Signature - add a custom signature.
    • Status - toggle the status to ON.
Note

For additional information on managing IPS signatures and viewing signature details, see IPS Signatures in Policy & Objects.