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# sk148492 - Packet capture for IPS logs with "Prevent" or "Detect" actions does not show the desired number of packets

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk148492 |
| Date Created | 2019-03-07 |
| Last Modified | 2021-11-25 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Packet capture in an IPS log with a "Prevent" action shows only one packet.
* If the action is "Detect", not enough packets are captured as per the user's requirements.

## Cause

This behavior is by design: Threat Prevention packet captures behave in the following manner according to the current architecture:

* If the connection was blocked (action Prevent), we save only the last packet.
* If the connection continues (action Detect), we save 100kb by default (configurable).

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