Product guide

Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Log on to the ePolicy Orchestrator server as an administrator.
2
From the Policy Catalog, select Host Intrusion Prevention 8.0: General as the product, then select Trusted
Networks (Windows, Mac) as the category.
3
Click New Policy, type a name for the policy, then click OK to open the policy page.
4
Enable Include Local Subnet Automatically to treat all users on the same subnet as trusted.
5
In Trusted Networks, type a trusted IP address, address range, or subnet.
6
Select Trust for IPS to define the network as trusted for network IPS signatures or HTTP type host and
custom IPS signatures.
Click or to add or remove a trusted network entry.
Create a location awareness policy
A location awareness policy allows user to access the network from multiple locations with a unique
security policy for each location.
A location awareness policy contains a set of defined rules. When a network packet matches certain
criteria with the group definitions, such as ePO reachability or DNS server address, the group becomes
active. When the location awareness group is active, the network packet matches the rules in the
group.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Log on to the ePolicy Orchestrator server as an administrator.
2
From the Policy Catalog, select Host Intrusion Prevention 8.0: Firewall as the product, then select Firewall Rules
(Windows, Mac) as the category.
3
Click New Policy, type a name for the policy, then click OK to open the policy page.
4
Click New Group to open the Firewall Group Builder.
5
Type a name for the Group, select Direction and Status options, then click Next.
6
On the Location tab, define these parameters, then click Next.
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Location status
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DHCP server
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Name
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DNS server
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ePO reachability
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Primary WINS
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Connection specific DNS suffix
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Secondary WINS
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Default gateway
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On the Network Options tab, define the parameters for Network protocols and Media type, then click Next.
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On the Summary tab, verify the parameters, then click Save.
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Managing the software with ePolicy Orchestrator
Create a location awareness policy
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McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1.0 Product Guide