: Enable Threat Packet Capture
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Enable Threat Packet Capture

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Enable Threat Packet Capture

  • Objects > Security Profiles
To enable the firewall to capture packets when it detects a threat, enable the packet capture option in the security profile.
First select
Objects
Security Profiles
and then modify the desired profile as described in the following table:
Packet Capture Options in Security Profiles
Location
Antivirus
Select a custom antivirus profile and, in the
Antivirus
tab, select
Packet Capture
.
Anti-Spyware
Select a custom Anti-Spyware profile, click the
DNS Signatures
tab and, in the
Packet Capture
drop-down, select
single-packet
or
extended-capture
.
Vulnerability Protection
Select a custom Vulnerability Protection profile and, in the
Rules
tab, click
Add
to add a new rule or select an existing rule. Then select the
Packet Capture
drop-down and select
single-packet
or
extended-capture
.
In Anti-Spyware and Vulnerability Protection profiles, you can also enable packet capture on exceptions. Click the
Exceptions
tab and in the Packet Capture column for a signature, click the drop-down and select
single-packet
or
extended-capture
.
(
Optional
) To define the length of a threat packet capture based on the number of packets captured (which is based on a global setting), select
Device
Setup
Content-ID
and, in the Content-ID™ Settings section, modify the
Extended Packet Capture Length (packets)
field (range is 1-50; default is 5).
After you enable packet capture on a security profile, you need to verify that the profile is part of a security rule. For information on how to add a security profile to a security rule, see Security Policy Overview.
Each time the firewall detects a threat when packet capture is enabled on the security profile, you can download ( ) or export the packet capture.

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