Table 136 Anti-X > Idp > Custom Signatures; Creating Or Editing A Custom Signature - ZyXEL Communications ZYWALL 1050 - V2.00 EDITION 1 User Manual

The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 136 Anti-X > IDP > Custom Signatures
LABEL
Creating
SID
Name
Add/Edit
Delete
Export
Importing
File Path

29.10.1 Creating or Editing a Custom Signature

Click the Add icon to create a new signature or click the Edit icon to edit an existing signature
in the screen as shown in
A packet must match all items you configure in this screen before it matches the signature. The
more specific your signature (including packet contents), then the fewer false positives the
signature will trigger.
Try to write signatures that target a vulnerability, for example a certain type of traffic on
certain operating systems, instead of a specific exploit.
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DESCRIPTION
Use this part of the screen to create, edit, delete or export (save to your computer)
custom signatures.
SID is the signature ID that uniquely identifies a signature. Click the SID header to
sort signatures in ascending or descending order. It is automatically created when
you click the Add icon to create a new signature. You can edit the ID, but it cannot
already exist and it must be in the 9000000 to 9999999 range.
This is the name of your custom signature. Duplicate names can exist, but it is
advisable to use unique signature names that give some hint as to intent of the
signature and the type of attack it is supposed to prevent.
Click the Add icon to create a new signature or click the Edit icon to edit an existing
signature.
Use this column to delete signatures. Select (or clear) the check box in the header
column to select (or clear) all check boxes in that column. You can also select (or
clear) individual signatures within the column. When you are certain that you have
only selected signatures that you want to remove, click the Delete icon. Click OK in
the confirm delete signature dialog box to delete the selected signature(s).
Use this column to save signatures to your computer. Select (or clear) the check box
in the header column to select (or clear) all check boxes in that column. You can also
select (or clear) individual signatures within the column. When you are certain that
you have only selected signatures that you want to save, click Export. Click Save in
the file download dialog box and then select a location and name for the file.
Custom signatures must end with the 'rules' file name extension, for example,
MySig.rules.
Use this part of the screen to import custom signatures (previously saved to your
computer) to the ZyWALL.
Note: The name of the complete custom signature file on the ZyWALL
is 'custom.rules'. If you import a file named 'custom.rules', then
all custom signatures on the ZyWALL are overwritten with the
new file. If this is not your intention, make sure that the files you
import are not named 'custom.rules'.
Type the file path and name of the custom signature file you want to import in the text
box (or click Browse to find it on your computer) and then click Import to transfer the
file to the ZyWALL.
New signatures then display in the ZyWALL IDP > Custom Signatures screen.
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