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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. (More policy examples)

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.