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6.0.0

Intrusion prevention

Intrusion prevention

The FortiOS intrusion prevention system (IPS) combines signature detection and prevention with low latency and excellent reliability. With intrusion protection, you can create multiple IPS sensors, each containing a complete configuration based on signatures. Then, you can apply any IPS sensor to any security policy.

This section describes how to configure the FortiOS Intrusion Prevention settings.

Intrusion prevention

The FortiOS intrusion prevention system (IPS) combines signature detection and prevention with low latency and excellent reliability. With intrusion protection, you can create multiple IPS sensors, each containing a complete configuration based on signatures. Then, you can apply any IPS sensor to any security policy.

This section describes how to configure the FortiOS Intrusion Prevention settings.