Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
Logging attacks
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The FortiGate unit uses an alert email queue in which each new message is
compared with the previous messages. If the new message is not a duplicate, the
FortiGate unit sends it immediately and puts a copy in the queue. If the new message
is a duplicate, the FortiGate unit deletes it and increases an internal counter for the
number of message copies in the queue.
The FortiGate unit holds duplicate alert email messages for 60 seconds. If a duplicate
message has been in the queue for more than 60 seconds, the FortiGate unit deletes
the message and increases the copy number. If the copy number is greater than 1, the
FortiGate unit sends a summary email that includes “Repeated
x
times” in the subject
header, the statement “The following email has been repeated
x
times in the last
y
seconds”, and the original message.
Manual message reduction
If you want to reduce the number of alerts that the NIDS generates, you can review
the content of attack log messages and alert email. If a large number of the alerts are
nuisance alerts (for example, web attacks when you are not running a web server),
you can disable the signature group for that attack type. Use the ID number in the
attack log or alert email to locate the attack in the signature group list. See
“Disabling
NIDS attack signatures” on page 218
.
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Страница 230: ...230 Fortinet Inc Viewing the virus list Antivirus protection ...
Страница 244: ...244 Fortinet Inc Exempt URL list Web filtering ...
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