
Chapter 14      Network Admission Control
NAC Policies
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$ (dollar)—The $ operator matches the end of a string. For example, co$ 
would match the string Cisco or the string Tibco.
•days-since-last-update—The rule element is true if the attribute contains a 
date and if the difference in days between that date and the current date is less 
than or equal to the number that you specify. For example, in the following 
rule element:
Symantec:AV:DAT-Date days-since-last-update 14
the rule element is true for posture validation requests whose 
Symantec:AV:DAT-Date attribute contain a date that is no more than 14 days 
in the past.
•mask—The rule element is true if the attribute contains an IP address and if 
that address belongs to the subnet identified by the netmask and IP address 
that you specify as the rule element value. The format for the rule element 
value is:
mask/IP
For example, using the mask operator with a value of 
255.255.255.0/192.168.73.8 would match an attribute containing an IP 
address of 192.168.73.0 to 192.168.73.255. Any mask is permissible and 
Cisco Secure ACS determines the set of IP addresses matching the value 
specified using standard subnet masking logic.
Local Policy Configuration Options
On the Local Policy Configuration page you can specify the rules that make up a 
policy, including their order. The options for configuring a local policy are as 
follows:
•Name—Specifies the name by which you want to identify the policy. When 
selecting a policy for a NAC database, you select it by name, and the 
description is not viewable on the policy selection page; therefore, you should 
make the name as useful as possible.
Note The name can contain up to 32 characters. Leading and trailing spaces 
are not allowed. Names cannot contain the following four characters:
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