Symantec 10521146 Administration Guide - Page 126

Annotating policies and events, Annotating an entire policy

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126 Protection policies Annotating policies and events ■ Click Protection Policies > Clone > Edit > Auto Update Rules. 2 In Add Auto Update Rule, do any or all of the following: ■ In Category, choose a category from the pull-down list. ■ In Protocol, choose a protocol from the pull-down list. ■ In Severity, choose a severity from the pull-down list. ■ In Confidence, choose a confidence from the pull-down list. ■ In Apply Blocking, choose whether to enable blocking by clicking the checkbox. The Add Auto Update Rule dialog sorts the rule table, and first displays rules with blocking enabled, followed by rules without. 3 Click OK. Note: You can configure policies to include active blocking rules and LiveUpdate rules, so that when LiveUpdate adds new signatures, the blocking rules will be created automatically. To do this, you must define at least one blocking rule in the policy so that blocking is enabled. See also "Enabling or disabling blocking rules" on page 123. Note: EngineUpdates trigger the sensors to restart automatically when you apply them. See also "Updating Symantec Network Security" on page 269. Annotating policies and events The Network Security console provides a way to take notes on events at the following three levels: ■ Annotating an entire policy ■ Annotating an event type in a policy ■ Annotating an instance of an event Annotating an entire policy The Network Security console provides a way to make a note about an entire policy via the Network Security console. Then when you hover the cursor over that policy in the policy list, your note appears as a tool tip. To make a note about a policy 1 In the Policies tab, do one of the following:

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Protection policies
Annotating policies and events
Click
Protection Policies
>
Clone
>
Edit
>
Auto Update Rules
.
2
In
Add Auto Update Rule
, do any or all of the following:
In
Category
, choose a category from the pull-down list.
In
Protocol
, choose a protocol from the pull-down list.
In
Severity
, choose a severity from the pull-down list.
In
Confidence
, choose a confidence from the pull-down list.
In
Apply Blocking
, choose whether to enable blocking by clicking the
checkbox. The Add Auto Update Rule dialog sorts the rule table, and
first displays rules with blocking enabled, followed by rules without.
3
Click
OK
.
Note:
You can configure policies to include active blocking rules and LiveUpdate
rules, so that when LiveUpdate adds new signatures, the blocking rules will be
created automatically. To do this, you must define at least one blocking rule in
the policy so that blocking is enabled. See also
²Enabling or disabling blocking
rules³
on page 123.
Note:
EngineUpdates trigger the sensors to restart automatically when you
apply them.
See also
²Updating Symantec Network Security³
on page 269.
Annotating policies and events
The Network Security console provides a way to take notes on events at the
following three levels:
Annotating an entire policy
Annotating an event type in a policy
Annotating an instance of an event
Annotating an entire policy
The Network Security console provides a way to make a note about an entire
policy via the Network Security console. Then when you hover the cursor over
that policy in the policy list, your note appears as a tool tip.
To make a note about a policy
1
In the
Policies
tab, do one of the following: