Chapter 15 Unified Threat Management for FortiOS 5.0 : Custom Application & IPS Signatures : Custom signature keywords : Information keywords : name
  
name
Syntax: --name <name_str>;
Description:
Enter the name of the rule. A rule name must be unique. If you are using VDOMs, custom signatures appear only in the VDOM in which you create them. You can use the same rule name for signatures in different VDOMs. The name you assign must be a string greater than 0 and less than 64 characters in length.
Example: --name "Buffer_Overflow";