Enabling and disabling YARA rules
8 November 2023
ID 247721
Users with the Senior security officer role can enable or disable one or several rules, as well as all rules at once.
When working in distributed solution and multitenancy mode, you can enable or disable only those YARA rules that were created on the current server. It means that in the web interface of the PCN, you can enable or disable only the rules that were created on the PCN server. In the web interface of an SCN, you can enable or disable only the rules that were created on the SCN server.
If YARA rules with identical names are enabled on the PCN and SCN servers, the PCN rule takes precedence over the SCN rule when scanning files and objects.
To enable or disable a YARA rule for stream scanning files and objects arriving at the Central Node:
- In the window of the application web interface, select the Custom rules section, YARA subsection.
This opens the YARA rule table.
- In the row with the relevant rule, select or clear the check box in the Traffic scan column.
The rule is enabled or disabled for stream scanning files and objects arriving at the Central Node.
To enable or disable all or multiple YARA rules for stream scanning files and objects arriving at the Central Node:
- In the window of the program web interface, select the Custom rules section, YARA subsection.
- Select the check boxes on the left of the rules whose use you want to enable or disable.
You can select all rules by selecting the check box in the row containing the headers of columns.
A control panel appears in the lower part of the window.
- Click Enable or Disable to enable or disable all rules.
Selected rules are enabled or disabled for stream scanning files and objects arriving at the Central Node.
