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  • 1.  firewall control with SEP 11.05 not working

    Posted Oct 26, 2009 02:07 AM

    I have had a thread going under Antivirus but hope to get some ansers on the this portal.

    I have 3 groups created
    I have 3 firwall policies created

    Each group is assign their own policy
    gorup 1 uses inherited standard out of Box policy no problems
     Group 2 uses not inherited assigned poicy 2
    Group 3 uses not inherited assigned poicy 3

    Edited non shared policy 2 + 3 to limited control of  internet acces to certain sites

    When the group 2 + 3 clients get this policy the Firwall policy dissapears from the client.. Client can browse the net ,any site.

    I followed instructions from tech articles in the KB of how to do it, but still missing something.

    when I move the client back to group 1 the FW policy (standard) comes back.

    I have considerd and tried in my non shared edited FW Policy to include the server, by IP by name etc and the sites I want to allow but still dissapears off client. when updated.

    Has any one done  this and does it really work !!!



  • 2.  RE: firewall control with SEP 11.05 not working

    Posted Oct 26, 2009 07:27 AM
     1. Make Sure Group 2 and 3 are not in Client Control mode ( they should be in Server Control)
    2.Edit the policy make some changes ( eg .change the name of policy etc)
    Assign the policy.


    GO to the client first make sure Network Threat Protection is listed in SEP GUI and is ON
    then in  SEP GUI- go to View Logs - Client Management -System Logs

    right click on client and click update policy ..then check in the logs if you see new policy getting applied.It should take about 1 minute.



  • 3.  RE: firewall control with SEP 11.05 not working

    Posted Oct 26, 2009 11:47 AM
    Yes group 2 + 3 are in Server control
    Yes the FW policies do have different names

    The problem is when I assign the policy it disspaers off the client.

    so i went back, removed the 2 entries I made to to the policy assigned it Again  then they come back to the client when updated.
    This is the part I  cannot fathom out why !!

    the entries I add is domain host *.symantec.* (ie only allow symantec websites and set to allow
    Then  another  host and make a *.* and set it to block
    .
    I ensure 1st entry is top of list and the next one below it

    Weired and this as per KB article

    Maybe they should be futher down or at the bottom.
    .