Tool to compare Policies
Created: 16 Jun 2009 | 4 comments
I wrote about this in the SEP forum (www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/comparing-policies-sep-11), but its worth mentioning here so it might get considered for a future release. I would love to have a tool that let me compare two policies. My approach works, but is a real pain in the butt. This seems like a must have for being able to maintain multiple policies, addressing exceptions, and debugging problems.
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Something that works like the
Something that works like the Group Policy Modeling/Reporting features in Group Policy Managment Console would be handy on its own. But it would work well for this use if one could then select 2 generated reports to compare, and highlight the differences in a comparison report.
yes, a tool to compare
yes, a tool to compare Policies is very nice to have...
hope we could get one..
Nel Ramos
Or at least XML extracts
An XML extract would suffice for me, and I can run WinMerge.
You can get an XML extract
Phil - read the posting I linked to above (www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/comparing-policies-sep-11) for how to get it into xml and then do a comparison. My post describes how to do it with BeyondCompare, but WinMerge should be similar. The key is to get the comparison tool to ignore the unique id's.
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