Policy Examples
Policies are an extremely powerful and flexible tool that allows you to customize
Total Traffic Control to your exact network needs. However, because of this power
and flexibility, policies can be somewhat complicated. Here are some
policy examples to guide you.
These are the steps necessary to create and assign a new Policy.
1. Define a Property Set
Property Sets each consist of operating parameters that a policy will manage, such
as allowing or blocking access to websites, TTC reports, TTC utilities and user
desktop applications.
Select and configure a Content Filter property
set to define which database categories will be allowed or blocked. Other operational
settings for Content Filtering are also configured within this property set.
Select and configure a Power Agent property set to define
Power Agent actions, user inactivity, and user notification.
Select and configure a Security Agent property set
to define the security settings and operational limits of Security Agent enabled
workstations.
Select and configure a Tiered Administration
property set to define access to TTC REPORTS, PROPERTIES pages, DATABASE pages,
POLICIES pages, TOOLS pages and CONFIGURATION options.
2. (optional) Create File Extension Sets and/or Time Sets
File Extensions Sets are added into Content
Filter properties sets, to block access to selected Internet files, such as web
based multimedia files, executables, etc. If necessary, you can define your own
File Extension Sets for use in your Content Filter property sets.
Time Sets are defined time ranges that are used
to specify WHEN a property set should be active within the policy. Pre-defined Time
Sets can be selected as you are adding property sets to policies, or you can manually
define the active time range as you add each property set.
3. Create a Policy
Policies consist of one or more property sets. You can create a policy with a single
property set that is active at all times, or you can create a policy with one property
set that is active during specific morning hours, and a different property set that
is active in the evening. As an example, using pre-defined Time Sets, you can create
a Policy that uses one property set to allow access to webmail during weekday mornings,
and the same property set to allow webmail access during weekends, while blocking
webmail access at all other times. This kind of policy might typically be assigned
to trusted users.
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Select the TYPE of policy that you want to create, give it a name, then select the
desired property set(s) and time set(s) to add.
Content Filter policies
control Internet browsing.
Power Agent policies
control power management on your computers.
Security Agent policies
control security and operations on Security Agent enabled workstations.
Tiered Administration policies
control access to TTC reports and functions.
Scheduled Power Events - For Power Management you can specify power events such
as shutdown and reboots to occur at certain times on certain days for the policy.
4. Assign the Policy
Policies can be Assigned to Active Directory
Domains, Groups, Users, Computers and OUs. LDAP Users, Groups and OUs, as well as
an IP address or range of IP addresses. You can browse your Active Directory to
identify and Add Users, Groups or Computers
to the Assignee list. Once an Assignee is added, you can assign a Policy to it.
Additional Policy Information
Use the
Check Assignments utility to
see what policies have already been assigned to users and machines.
Use the
Policy List utility to list the
policies that have been created.