The following table describes the actions you can specify in an alert policy exception:
Action | Description |
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Block | Forces blocking of traffic through the specified interfaces, destination IP addresses, and source IP addresses that matches the specified rule, vulnerability, or attack category.
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UnBlock | Disables blocking of traffic through the specified interfaces, destination IP addresses, and source IP addresses that matches the specified rule, vulnerability, or attack category.
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Suppress | Suppresses notifications and event logging for traffic through the specified interfaces, destination IP addresses, and source IP addresses that matches the specified rule, vulnerability, or attack category. Matched traffic is handled according to the blocking action specified in the rule definitions. |
Suppress & Unblock | Suppresses notifications and event logging and also disables blocking of traffic through the specified interfaces, destination IP addresses, and source IP addresses that matches the specified rule, vulnerability, or attack category.
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Default | Honors the action specified by the matched rules for traffic through the specified interfaces, destination IP addresses, and source IP addresses. |