Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Chapter 8: Creating Rules and Rule Groups
Selecting your active policy rules
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Figure 119: Rule Group
Select window
About the Rule
Group Select
window
In this window, you can perform the following actions:
• Select a new active rule group—To select a new active rule group that will
enforce traffic coming into and leaving the Sidewinder G2, see “Modifying
the active rule groups” on page 240. (The window is similar for IP Filter and
Proxy rule groups.)
• View the IP Filter properties—To view the properties configured for the IP
Filter rules contained in the active IP Filter group, click the IP Filter
Properties button. The IP Filter General Properties window appears. See
“About the IP Filter General Properties window” on page 241.
• Determine which group a rule belongs to—Each active rule must be a
member of at least one group, which is listed in the Rule Group column. If a
rule belongs to more than one group, the rule is listed multiple times.
Modifying the active rule groups
To modify the active rule groups that are currently enforcing your policy, using
the Admin Console select Policy Configuration > Rules and then click View
Active Policy. Click the appropriate Set button (IP Filter or Proxy). The Rule
Group Select window appears.
This window allows you to select a new active policy for either IP Filter or proxy
rules. Before you select a new rule group to enforce your security policy,
ensure that the rule group you are specifying contains all of the necessary
rules and rule groups in the correct order. When you select a new rule group in
this window and save your changes, the rules contained in that rule group will
be loaded into the Sidewinder G2 and will begin enforcing your policy.
To select a new rule group, click the rule group that you want to use to enforce
your security policy and click OK. The new rules will be loaded in the kernel
and the Sidewinder G2 will use those rules to enforce your policy.