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Security policies

One of the foundations upon which a firewall works is the use of policies. These are what bring the other firewall objects and components together into an elegant mechanism for the governing of the traffic going through the network.

This Chapter includes information on the following topics:

Firewall policies
Security profiles
SSL/SSH Inspection
Identity Based Policies
Device Identity Policies
VPN Policies
Interface Policies
One-Arm IDS
Local-In Policies
Security Policy 0
Deny Policies
Accept Policies
IPv6 Policies
Fixed Port
Endpoint Security
Traffic Logging
Quality of Service
Policy Monitor