Fortinet Network Device IPS User Manual

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Custom signatures

Creating custom signatures

FortiGate IPS User Guide Version 3.0 MR7
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--context {uri |
header | body | host};

Specify the protocol field that the pattern should be

looked for. If context is not specified for a pattern, the

FortiGate unit searches for the pattern anywhere in the

packet buffer. The available context variables are:

uri: Search the pattern in HTTP URI line.

header: Search the pattern in HTTP header lines
or SMTP/POP3/SMTP control messages.

body: Search the pattern in HTTP body or
SMTP/POP3/SMTP email body.

host: Search the pattern in HTTP HOST line.

Example:

--pattern "GET "

--context uri

--pattern "yahoo.com"

--context host

--no_case

--pcre "/DESCRIBE\s+\/\s+RTSP\//i"

--context header

--no_case;

The no-case keyword forced the FortiGate unit to

perform a case-insensitive pattern match.

--offset <offset_int>;

The FortiGate unit starts looking for the contents the

specified number of bytes into the payload. The

specified number of bytes is an absolute value in the

payload. Follow the offset keyword with the depth

keyword to stop looking for a match after a specified

number of bytes. If no depth is specified, the FortiGate

unit continues looking for a match until the end of the

payload.
The offset must be between 0 and 65535.

--pattern
[!]"<pattern_str>";

The FortiGate unit will search for the specified pattern.
A pattern keyword normally is followed by a

context keyword to define where to look for the

pattern in the packet. If a context keyword does not

present, the FortiGate unit looks for the pattern

anywhere in the packet buffer.
To have the FortiGate search for a packet that does not

contain the specified URI, add an exclamation mark (!)

before the URI.
Example:

--pattern "/level/"

--pattern "|E8 D9FF FFFF|/bin/sh"

--pattern !"|20|RTSP/"

Table 4: Content keywords (Continued)

Keyword and value

Description

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