15 Creating Distributed Key Policies

From the Policy view, you can add, modify, and delete policies for Layer 3/Layer 4 IP networks and Layer 2 Ethernet networks.

This section includes the following topics:

Policy Concepts

Adding Layer 2 Ethernet Policies

Adding Layer 3 IP Policies

Adding Layer 4 Policies

Policy Deployment

Editing a Policy

Deleting Policies

Policy Concepts

A policy specifies what traffic to act on and what action to take. Each PEP can store a large number of policies. As network traffic arrives, each packet or frame is examined by the PEP, and processed based on selection criteria such as IP addresses, ports, protocols, or VLAN tags. When the PEP receives a packet or frame that meets the criteria used in one of its policies, it takes one of three actions: it encrypts the packet or frame, bypasses it (passes in the clear), or drops it.

In addition to selection criteria and actions, each policy specifies:

What priority a policy has in relation to other policies

How often keys are renewed and policy lifetimes are refreshed

What encryption and authentication methods to use

Whether key generation is handled by a single ETKMS or the default ETKMSs in each network set

Which addressing mode the PEPs in the policy should use

Whether to reduce the policy size for an IP policy

Related topics:

“Policy Priority” on page 182

“Schedule for Renewing Keys and Refreshing Policy Lifetime” on page 182

“Policy Types and Encryption Methods” on page 183

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