Configuring Policy Templates

A policy template defines the defense policies of various types for an device model to facilitate policy configurations.

Choose Defense > Policy Settings > Policy Template.

The ATIC Management center provides 4 common policy templates. Among them, Web defense templates (WEB Server), DNS cache defense templates, (DNS Caching Server), DNS authorization defense templates, (DNS Authoritative Server), and basic defense templates, (General Server). You can use any of them as required.

Templates for Web defense protect the Web server. You are advised to use templates of this type if HTTP or HTTPS servers are deployed on the live network.
Templates for DNS cache defense protect the DNS cache server. You are advised to use templates of this type if DNS cache servers are deployed on the live network.
Templates for DNS authorization defense protect the DNS authorization server. You are advised to use templates of this type if DNS authorization servers are deployed on the live network.
Templates for basic defense protect TCP, UDP, and ICMP services on the network. You are advised to templates of this type if no DNS or Web server is deployed on the live network.

Managing Policy Templates

Action	Description
Create	Click to create a policy template manually. For details, see Creating a Policy Template. NOTE: You can save policy configurations as a template.
Modify	Click in the Operation column and then the Basic Information page in the Modify Policy Template dialog box to change the template name and modify remarks. Click the tab of each defense policy to modify the defense policy. For parameters, see Configuring the Zone-based Defense Policy.
Associate a Zone	Click to associate the policy template with the Zone. For details, see Associating a Zone.
Delete	Select the check box of a policy template and click .
Query template	Enter part of a template name or the template name in Template name and click .

Creating a Policy Template

Choose Defense > Policy Settings > Policy Template.
Click .
On the Basic Information tab page, configure basic information of the policy template.

Device Type and Protocol define device model and protocol to which this template can be applied.

NOTE:
If a protocol type is specified, the created policy template applies to service policies; if not, the created policy template applies to Zone-based policies.
Click the tab of each defense policy and configure the defense policy. For parameters, see Configuring the Zone-based Defense Policy.
Click OK.

Associating a Zone

Two methods are available for configuring the policy for the Zone with the policy template:

Import the policy template during the policy configuration.

Associate the policy template with the Zone.

Choose Defense > Policy Settings > Policy Template.
Click of the policy template.
On the Associated Zone page, click .
On the Select Zone page, select the Zone to be associated and click OK.
On the Associated Zone page, click OK.