No

Specifies if you want to add, delete, copy, or reorder rules.

Right-click the table cell for the rule number and make your required modifications.

Source Address

Specifies the address object that is the source of the traffic.

Select any source address or group.

Impersonate > Destination

Specifies the address object that is the destination of the traffic, typically a server or other device on your network.

Select the destination object.

Note: You can also negate one or more address objects to specify all destinations except the excluded object.

Impersonate > Service

Specifies the services running on your network.

Select the services you want to monitor.

Operation

Specifies whether or not IDP fakes open ports.

Select any of the following options:

• Ignore—This option allows free passage on your network when creating rules for trusted traffic.
• Impersonate—IDP creates a fake port open to the public based on the destination IP addresses and service you selected.

IP Action

Allows you to log, drop, or close the current connection for each attack that matches a rule.

Select Configure to do any one of the following actions:

• Enabled—Enable IP actions.
• Action—Specifies the action you want the IDP to take.
• Block—Specifies which parameters IDP will use to close or block further connections from the drop-down list.
• Logging—Specifies the log action for a matching event.
• Timeout (sec)—Specifies the number of seconds that this action remains in effect on IDP after a traffic match.

Notification

Allows you to create log records with attack information that you can view real-time in the Log Viewer.

Note: For more critical attacks, you can also set an alert flag to appear in the log record.

Select Configure to create log records.

Note: The Configure menu option does not appear if the Mode column is set to None.

• Select Logging to have a log record created each time the rule is matched.
• Select Alert to have an alert flag placed in the Alert column of the Log Viewer for the matching log record.
• In the Log Actions tab, select desired log actions, if any.

VLAN Tag

Specifies that you can configure a rule to only apply to messages in certain VLANs.

Set a value by selecting any of the following options:

• Any—This rule is applied to messages in any VLAN and to messages without a VLAN tag.
• None—This rule is applied only to messages that do not have a VLAN tag.
• Select VLAN Tags—This rule specifies which VLAN tags the rule applies to.

Severity

Specifies if you can override the inherent attack severity on a per-rule basis within the IDP rulebase.

Set the severity to Default, Info, Warning, Minor, Major, or Critical.

Note: This column only appears when you view the Security Policy in Expanded Mode.

Install On

Specifies the security devices or templates that receive and use this rule.

Select the target security device.

Note: You can also select multiple security devices on which to install the rule.

Comments

Specifies any miscellaneous comment about the rule's purpose.

Enter any additional comments about the rule.