Key concepts

Snort is a popular open source Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). FortiManager can use Snort signature files after you import them into FortiSigConverter MEA and convert them to Fortinet supported IPS signatures.

ADOM support

FortiSigConverter MEA requires FortiManager 6.4.3 or later, and you must be in ADOM version 6.4 or later to access FortiSigConverter MEA.

FortiManager 6.4.3 to 7.0.1 supports FortiSigConverter MEA only in the root ADOM.

FortiManager 7.0.2 and later supports FortiSigConverter MEA in multiple ADOMs. When ADOMs are enabled, you only need to enable FortiSigConverter MEA once to make it available in all ADOMs. FortiSigConverter MEA is unique in each ADOM.