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Point of Presence (POP) Network EnvironmentMulti-Domain GUIProvider-1/SiteManager-1 administrators use the Multi-Domain GUI (MDG) as theprimary interface to handle customer security management. The MDG has many“views,” tailored to display information relevant to specific tasks.FIGURE 1-8MDG - Close-upThe MDG is the tool administrators use to manage the entire Provider-1 environment,and provides an easy way to incorporate Customers and their networks into theProvider-1/Site-Manager-1 system. It is also used to update customer and gatewayinformation; and to assign and navigate between global policies. Using the MDG,administrators can provision and monitor security through a single console, and overseerules, policies, logs, statuses, and alerts for hundreds of customers.Point of Presence (POP) Network EnvironmentSome small scale businesses may not want the expense of a network or IT maintenancestaff. MSPs can provide a total IT package for these customers, using the POP networksolution to provide secured, VPN-1 Pro protected internet service. In the standardProvider-1/SiteManager-1 configuration we have seen, all of the customer’s firewalls aredeployed on the customer’s premises. In a POP-based configuration, the firewalls aredeployed in the POP center on the service provider’s premises.Chapter 1 Introduction 19