Contents4 Managing Policies 45Policy Overview 45Changing a Policy Without Distributing the Change 45Pre-defined Policies 46Importing Pre-defined Policies and Rule Sets 46Policy Settings 47Rules 47Organizing Rules for Optimum Performance Within a Policy 48Determining the Size of a Policy 48Creating Policies and Rules 49Creating a New Policy 49Creating Rules 50Setting up TCP SYN Filtering 50Creating a Rule Set from a Policy 52Editing a Rule Set Using the Rule Set Manager 53Verifying a Policy Using Test Mode 53Distributing a Policy to the Network 55Secured EFW Device—Allow Traffic versus Block All Traffic 56Exporting or Importing Policies or Rule Sets 56Exporting Policies or Rule Sets 56Importing Policies and Rule Sets 565 Performing Other Administration Tasks 59Finding Information Using the Management Console 59Administrator Manager Login 59To Create a New Administrator 59To Edit an Existing Administrator’s User Name or Password 60To Delete an Administrator 60Audit Information 60Creating or Editing Audit Queries 61Displaying Audit Query Results 62Understanding Audit Query Results 63Backing up the Database 65Restoring the Database 66A Pre-Defined Rule Sets 67B Troubleshooting 69Common problem solutions 69System Connectivity 76Policy Server-to-NIC Communication Check 76Policy Server-to-Policy Server Communication Check 77Management Console-to-Policy Server Communication Check 77
