
is always suspicious activity. If you see this dialog box, immediately investigate the application
that sent the spoofed traffic.
NOTE: The Spoof Detected Alert dialog box appears only if you select the Display pop-up
alert option. If you do not select this option, Host Intrusion Prevention automatically blocks
the spoofed traffic without notifying you.
The Spoof Detected Alert dialog box is very similar to the firewall feature’s Learn Mode
alert. It displays information about the intercepted traffic on two tabs — the Application
Information tab, and the Connection Information tab.
The Application Information tab displays:
• The IP address that the traffic pretends to come from.
• Information about the program that generated the spoofed traffic.
• The time and date when Host Intrusion Prevention intercepted the traffic.
The Connection Information tab provides further networking information. In particular,
Local Address shows the IP address that the application is pretending to have, while Remote
Address shows your actual IP address.
When Host Intrusion Prevention detects spoofed network traffic, it tries to block both the traffic
and the application that generated it. It does this by adding a new rule to the end of the firewall
rule list. This Block spoofing attacker rule specifically blocks all traffic created by the suspicious
application, unless another rule in the rule list overrides it.
About the IPS Policy tab
Use the IPS Policy tab to configure the IPS feature, which protects against host intrusion attacks
based on signature and behavioral rules. From this tab you can enable or disable functionality
and configure client exception rules. For more details on IPS policies, see the section on
Configuring IPS policies.
IPS Policy tab displays exception rules relevant to the client and provides summary and detailed
information for each rule.
DisplaysThis column...
The name of the exception.Exception
The name of the signature against which the exception is created.Signature
The application that this rule applies to, including the program name and executable
file name.
Application
Customizing IPS Policy options
Options at the top of the tab control settings delivered by the server-side IPS policies after the
client interface is unlocked. Use this task to customize IPS options.
Task
1 In the Host IPS client console, click the IPS Policy tab.
2 Select or deselect an option as needed.
To do this...Select...
Enable host intrusion prevention protection.Enable Host IPS
Working with Host Intrusion Prevention Clients
Overview of the Windows client
93McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention 7.0 Product Guide for use with ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0
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