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ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide
260 Chapter 13 Configuring IDP
Figure 134 SECURITY > IDP > Signature: Actions
The following table describes signature actions.
13.3.4 Configuring IDP Signatures
Click IDP > Signature to see the ZyWALL’s “group view” signature screen where you can
view signatures by attack type. To search for signatures based on other criteria such as
signature name or ID, then click the Switch to query view link to go to the “query view”
screen.
You can take actions on these signatures as described in Section 13.3.3 on page 259 . To revert
to the default actions or to save sets of actions, go to the Backup & Restore screen.
Table 77 SECURITY > IDP > Signature: Actions
ACTION DESCRIPTION
No Action The intrusion is detected but no action is taken.
Drop Packet The packet is silently discarded.
Drop Session When the firewall is enabled, subsequent TCP/IP packets belonging to the
same connection are dropped. Neither sender nor receiver are sent TCP RST
packets. If the firewall is not enabled only the packet that matched the signature
is dropped.
Reset Sender When the firewall is enabled, the TCP/IP connection is silently torn down. Just
the sender is sent TCP RST packets. If the firewall is not enabled only the
packet that matched the signature is dropped.
Reset Receiver When the firewall is enabled, the TCP/IP connection is silently torn down. Just
the receiver is sent TCP RST packets. If the firewall is not enabled only the
packet that matched the signature is dropped.
Reset Both When the firewall is enabled, the TCP/IP connection is silently torn down. Both
sender and receiver are sent TCP RST packets. If the firewall is not enabled
only the packet that matched the signature is dropped.