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Rules and rule sets
Action and engine settings
Types of settings
Two types of settings can be configured on the Settings tab of the user interface:
• Action settings — Settings for the actions that rules execute, for example, Block or Authenticate
These settings are mainly configured for specifying the user messages that are sent when actions
affect users. Actions that do not affect users have no settings, for example, Continue or Stop Rule
Set.
You can access these settings on the upper branch of the settings tree on the tab.
Note: When settings of this type are described in this guide, the section title always contains the words
action settings, for example, Authenticate action settings.
• Engine settings — Settings for the modules (or: engines) that retrieve information for rules
For example, the URL Filter module retrieves information to deliver values for the URL.Categories
property in URL filtering rules.
You can access these settings on the lower branch of the settings tree on the tab.
Note: When settings of this type are described in this guide, the section title always contains the words
engine settings, for example, Antimalware engine settings.
A third type of settings is not configured on the Settings tab:
• System settings — Settings of the appliance system, for example, network interface settings or
domain name server settings
You can access these settings on the Appliances tab of the Configuration top-level menu.
Note: When settings of this type are described in this guide, the section title always contains the words
system settings, for example, DNS system settings.
For more information on action and system settings, see User messages and System configuration.
For more information on engine settings, see the sections on functions with rules using these engines,
for example, Virus and malware filtering.
Add settings
When adding settings to the appliance configuration, you do not create them completely new, but use
existing settings that you give a new name and modify as needed.
Complete the following procedure to add settings:
1 Go to Policy | Settings.
2 From the Actions or Engines branch of the settings tree, select the settings you want to use as the
starting point for creating new settings.
3 Click Add above the Settings tree. The Add Settings window opens with an empty name field and the
values of the selected settings in the other fields.
Note: If you want to select not these, but other settings, you can also do this in the window. The Settings
for pane provides a list of settings to choose from.
4 In the Name field, type a name for the new settings.
5 [Optional] In the Comment field, type a plain-text comment on the settings.
6 Modify the existing values of the settings as needed.
7 [Optional] Select the Permissions tab and configure who is allowed to view the settings and edit
them.
8 Click OK and then Save Changes.
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