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Chapter 5: Device Configuration
Configuring Device Objects
After you have added the device, you must now configure the device objects. OmniVista
SafeGuard Manager allows you to configure the following device objects:
■ Application Groups
■ Application Filters
■ Network Zones
■ Policies
■ Role Derivations
■ Roles
■ LDAP Servers
Application Groups
An Application group is a collection of application protocols used to filter Layer 4 or Layer
7 applications in rules and policy filters. You can define application groups to restrict
vendors or contractors from using a specific application, for example, FTP. You can even
refine application traffic to permit or deny certain file types.
To define custom application groups:
1
Select Application Group from the navigation tree ( Figure 61 ) and click New
in
the Action Bar . The New ApplicationGroup dialog box displays
(
Figure 63 ).
Figure 63 New Application Group