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Converting a Snort Rule to an AFM Protocol Inspection Custom Signature

We recently had the opportunity to demonstrate what I consider the most interesting use case for Protocol Inspection custom signatures: adapting existing Snort rules for use in AFM Protocol Inspectio...
Published Jan 11, 2021
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I've been at F5 for 13 years as of the last time I updated my profile. I focus on AFM Network Firewall, Protocol Inspection (IPS), DoS Protection, and dabble in APM and ASM.
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Mar 21, 2021

Thanks. Next you may do an article if the Snort signatures can be converted to ASM custom signatures.