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C HAPTER 5<br />

Creating Rule Elements<br />

About this chapter This is a task-oriented chapter that provides instructions for creating<br />

rule elements. Rule elements include users and user groups, network<br />

objects, and service groups. Rule elements allow you to organize<br />

multiple users, objects, or services into useful groups that will save<br />

time and enable you to create fewer rules with greater capabilities.<br />

Creating users<br />

and user groups<br />

Note: For an overview <strong>of</strong> each rule element, see Chapter 4.<br />

This chapter covers the following topics:<br />

“Creating users and user groups” on page 5-1<br />

“Creating network objects” on page 5-10<br />

“Creating service groups” on page 5-21<br />

A user is a person who uses the networking services provided by the<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>. A user group is a logical grouping <strong>of</strong> one or more<br />

users, identified by a single name. You can also nest one or more user<br />

groups within a user group.<br />

Note: For basic information on users and user groups, see “Users and user groups” on<br />

page 4-8.<br />

To display the current users and user groups configured for your<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>, using the Admin Console select Policy Configuration -><br />

Rule Elements -> Users & User Groups. The following window appears.<br />

5<br />

Creating Rule Elements 5-1

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