Add Policies to Your Configuration

To add a policy, you choose from the list of policy templates in Policy Manager. A policy template contains the policy name, a short description of the policy, and the protocol/port used by the policy.

To see the list of templates to choose from, see See the List of Policy Templates.
To add one of the policies in the list to your configuration, see Add a Policy from the List of Templates.
To see or modify the definition of a policy template, see See Template Details and Modify Policy Templates.
To use the policy import/export function to copy policies from one Firebox or XTM device to another, see Import and Export Custom Policy Templates. This is helpful if you manage several Firebox or XTM devices and have custom policies for them.

The Firebox or XTM device includes a default definition for each policy included in the Firebox or XTM device configuration. The default definition consists of settings that are appropriate for most installations. However, you can modify them for your particular business purposes, or if you want to include special policy properties such as Traffic Management actions and operating schedules.

After you add a policy to your configuration, you define rules to:

Set allowed traffic sources and destinations
Make filter rules
Enable or disable the policy
Configure properties such as Traffic Management, NAT, and logging

For more information on policy configuration, see About Policy Properties.

Add Policies to Your Configuration

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