Policy Migration Task adds extra wildcard characters
Technical Articles ID:
KB71522
Last Modified: 3/17/2020
Last Modified: 3/17/2020
Policy Migration Task adds extra wildcard characters
Technical Articles ID:
KB71522
Last Modified: 3/17/2020 Environment
McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention (Host IPS) 8.0
Problem
If a Host Intrusion Prevention (Host IPS) 7.0 policy uses wildcard characters incorrectly, the migrated policy will contain duplicate wildcard characters. Example: A Host IPS 7.0 policy rule with incorrect wildcard syntax is as follows: Host IPS 7.0 wildcard syntax:
Solution
This issue is resolved in Host IPS 8.0.0.563 Extension Update (KB75331).
WorkaroundEnsure that Host IPS 7.0 policies use the correct wildcard syntax before the policy migration to Host IPS 8.0.
Workaround
Edit the migrated Host IPS 8.0 policies and remove the extra wildcard characters.
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