ZyXEL Communications 5 Series User Manual

 Chapter 14 Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) Screens

ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

Click SECURITY >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 

. To revert 

to the default actions or to save sets of actions, go to the Backup & Restore screen.

Figure 167   SECURITY > IDP > Signature: Group View

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 81   SECURITY > IDP > Signature: Group View

Signature Groups

Switch to 
query view

Click this hyperlink to go to a screen where you can search for signatures based on 
criteria other than attack type.

Attack Type

Select the type of signatures you want to view from the list box. See 

 for information on types of signatures.

The table displays the signatures of the type that you selected. Click a column’s 
header to sort the entries by that attribute.

Go To

Navigate between signatures found. This field is available only if there are more 
signatures than that can be displayed on one screen.

Name

The (read-only) signature name identifies a specific signature targeted at a specific 
intrusion. Click the hyperlink for more detailed information on the intrusion.

ID

Each intrusion has a unique identification number. This number may be searched at 
myZyXEL.com for more detailed information.

Severity

This field displays the level of threat that the intrusion may pose. See 

 for more information on intrusion severity.

Platform

This field displays the computer or network device operating system that the intrusion 
targets or is vulnerable to the intrusion. These icons represent a Windows operating 
system, a UNIX-based operating system and a network device respectively.