FortiGate-500A Administration Guide Version 2.80 MR6
FortiGate-500A Administration Guide
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IPS
The FortiGate Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) combines signature- and anomaly-
based intrusion detection and prevention with low latency and excellent reliability. The
FortiGate unit can record suspicious traffic in logs, can send alert email to system
administrators, and can log, pass, drop, reset, or clear suspicious packets or
sessions. You can adjust some IPS anomaly thresholds to work best with the normal
traffic on the protected networks. You can also create custom signatures to customize
the FortiGate IPS for diverse network environments.
You can configure the IPS globally and then enable or disable all signatures or all
anomalies in individual firewall protection profiles.
Table 23
describes the IPS settings
and where to configure and access them. To access protection profile IPS options go
to Firewall > Protection Profile, select edit or Create New, and select IPS. See
“Protection profile options” on page 227
.
Protection profile configuration
For information about adding protection profiles to firewall policies, see
“To add a
protection profile to a policy” on page 232
.
IPS updates and information
FortiProtect services are a valuable customer resource and include automatic updates
of virus and IPS (attack) engines and definitions through the FortiProtect Distribution
Network (FDN). The FortiProtect Center also provides the FortiProtect virus and
attack encyclopedia and the FortiProtect Bulletin.
Visit the FortiProtect Center at
http://www.fortinet.com/FortiProtectCenter/
.
To set up automatic and push updates see
“Update center” on page 120
.
Table 23: IPS and Protection Profile IPS configuration
Protection Profile IPS options
IPS setting
IPS Signature
IPS > Signature
Enable or disable IPS signatures for all
network services.
View and configure a list of predefined
signatures.
Create custom signatures based on the
network requirements.
IPS Anomaly
IPS > Anomaly
Enable or disable IPS anomalies for all
network services.
View and configure a list of predefined
anomalies.
Summary of Contents for FortiGate FortiGate-500A
Page 24: ...24 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc Customer service and technical support Introduction...
Page 46: ...46 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc Changing the FortiGate firmware System status...
Page 72: ...72 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc FortiGate IPv6 support System network...
Page 80: ...80 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc Dynamic IP System DHCP...
Page 110: ...110 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc FortiManager System config...
Page 116: ...116 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc Access profiles System administration...
Page 134: ...134 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc Shutdown System maintenance...
Page 248: ...248 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc CLI configuration Users and authentication...
Page 324: ...324 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc CLI configuration Antivirus...
Page 386: ...386 01 28006 0100 20041105 Fortinet Inc Glossary...
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