Configuring Resources for a User Group

8If you selected Process Rule, do the following:

-Click Process Rule.

-In Process Name, type the name of the process or click Browse to navigate to the file. The MD5 field is automatically completed when a process name is entered.

9Click OK.

Note

For information about adding an end point policy to a user group, see “Configuring an end point policy for a group” on page 105.

To delete an end point resource

1Click the Access Policy Manager tab.

2In the right-pane, right-click the end point resource you want to remove and then click Remove.

Configuring an end point policy for a group

The Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Administration Tool allows you to construct an expression by dragging and dropping the end point resource into the End Point Policy Expression Generator. When you drag and drop resources into the generator, the Boolean expression is created automatically for you. Expres- sions can be modified at any time.

To configure an end point policy for a group, you specify a Boolean expression containing the end point resources that you want to apply to the group.

Suppose that you create the following end point policies:

•CorpAssetRegistryEntry

•AntiVirusProcess1

•AntiVirusProcess2

Your end point policy expression might specify that a registry check must verify that the resource attempting to connect is a corporate asset and that the resource must have one of the antivirus pro- cesses running. That Boolean expression is:

(CorpAssetRegistryEntry & (AntiVirusProcess1 AntiVirusProcess2))

Valid operators for end point policy expressions are as follows:

() - used to nest expressions to control their evaluation & - logical AND

- logical OR ! - logical NOT

For users without administrative privileges, end point policies fail if the policy includes a file in a restricted zone (such as C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator) or if the policy includes a restricted registry key.

If a user belongs to more than one group, the end point policy applied to the user is the union of the expression for each of the user’s groups.

To create an end point policy for a group

1Click the Access Policy Manager tab.

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