The Sensor raises an alert when it detects attacks targeting your protected Layer 7 data for all the major protocols like HTTP, SMTP, DNS, SMB, DCERPC etc.
The Details tab in the <Attack Name> panel displays the application protocol, the attack category as well as the matched signature based on which the attack was detected.
Layer 7 - Alert Details
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