ZyXEL Communications 5 Series - The Backup and Restore Screen

Chapter 14 Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) Screens
ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide
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14.6 The Backup and Restore Screen
Use the Backup & Restore screen to:
• Back up IDP signatures with your custom configured settings.
• Restore previously saved IDP signatures (with your custom configured settings).
• Revert to the factory-default signature (
Active, Log, Alert and/or Action) settings.
Release Date This field displays the time (hour, minutes second) and date (month, date, year)
that the above signature set was created.
Last Update This field displays the last date and time you downloaded new signatures to the
ZyWALL. It displays N/A if you have not downloaded any new signatures yet.
Current IDP
Signatures
This field displays the number of IDP-related signatures.
Signature Update
Service Status This field displays License Inactive if you have not yet activated your trial or iCard
license at myZyXEL.com.
It displays License Inactive and an expiration date if your trial or iCard license has
expired (the expiration date is the date it expired).
It displays Trial Active and an expiration date when you have activated your trial
license.
It displays License Active and an expiration date when you have activated your
iCard license (the expiration date is the date it will expire).
Update Server This is the URL of the signature server from which you download signatures.
Update Now Click this button to begin downloading signatures from the Update Server
immediately.
Auto Update Select the check box to configure a schedule for automatic signature updates. The
Hourly, Daily and Weekly fields display when the check box is selected. The
ZyWALL then automatically downloads signatures from the Update Server
regularly at the time and/or day you specify.
Hourly Select this option to have the ZyWALL check the update server for new signatures
every hour. This may be advisable when new intrusions are currently spreading
throughout the Internet.
Daily Select this option to have the ZyWALL check the update server for new signatures
every day at the hour you select from the list box. The ZyWALL uses a 24-hour
clock. For example, choose 15 from the O’clock list box to have the ZyWALL
check the update server for new signatures at 3 PM every day.
Weekly Select this option to have the ZyWALL check the update server for new signatures
once a week on the day and hour you select from the list boxes. The ZyWALL
uses a 24-hour clock, so for example, choose Wednesday and 15 from the
respective list boxes to have the ZyWALL check the update server for new
signatures at 3PM every Wednesday.
Apply Click this button to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.
Reset Click this button to close this screen without saving any changes.
Table 84 SECURITY > IDP > Update (continued)
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