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McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.0
Figure 33: System Health Status: good
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Downloading signature set updates
The
demand from the Update Server to the Manager server. You can then push the signature
download onto your Sensors or NTBA Appliance.
Note that
Manager) in the path
Tip:
regular signature sets, you no longer need to use custom attack definitions feature
to import late-breaking attacks.
The
incremental emergency signature sets that include attack signatures not yet available in
regular signature sets. Incremental emergency signature sets are meant to address late-
breaking attacks that may need to be addressed immediately. Emergency signature sets
are non-cumulative and can only add new signatures, so they do not contain a full set of
signatures. To ensure that you have a complete set of signatures, Network Security
Then, the Sensor contacts the Manager for the latest signature set. After the signature
set is downloaded to the Sensor, its System Health Status is displayed as "good."
Verify the Sensor's System Health Status is "good"; check the Sensor status from CLI
by typing the status command.
You can also check whether the Sensor is updated with the latest software version as
well as latest signature set by going to
Use the Threat Analyzer to verify the performance of the Sensors.
This is to make sure the upgrade was successful. For information on how to check
Sensor performance from the Threat Analyzer, see Viewing Sensor performance
System Status Monitoring Guide
statistics,
Signature Sets
action enables you to download available attack signature updates on-
feature is available in Network Security Central Manager (Central
Signature Sets
/ My Company / Central Manager > Update Server > Signature Sets
Because incremental emergency signature sets can be downloaded along with
action not only allows you to import regular signature sets, but also
Signature Sets
Device List > Sensor_Name > Summary
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Configuring the Update Server
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