Interzone policy applications

Configuration guide

From the navigation tree of the firewall management component, select Apply Interzone Policy under Security Policy Management to enter the interzone policy application management page, as shown in Figure 84. Table 90 shows the functions available on the page.

Figure 84 Interzone policy application management

Table 90 Interzone policy application management functions

Function

Description

Interzone policy application list

Allows you to view all interzone policy applications in the system.

 

 

Applying interzone policies

Allows you to apply an interzone policy to devices.

 

 

Applied rules list

Allows you to manage the interzone rules deployed on the specified

device.

 

 

 

Redeploying a policy

Allows you to redeploy an interzone policy to devices.

 

 

Interzone policy application list

From the navigation tree of the firewall management component, select Apply Interzone Policy under Security Policy Management. The interzone policy application list is at the lower part of the page. See Figure 84. Table 91 describes the policy application query options and Table 92 describes the fields of the policy application list.

Table 91 Interzone policy application query options

Option

Description

Device

Query interzone policy applications by device.

 

 

Policy

Query interzone policy applications by policy.

 

 

Table 92 Fields of the interzone policy application list

Field

Description

Device Label

Name and IP address of the device to which the interzone policy is applied

 

 

Device Group

Device group that the device is in

 

 

 

Name of the policy applied to the device

Policy Name

You can click the policy name link to manage the policy’s rules (see “Rule

 

management”).

 

 

 

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