-
Products
-
SonicPlatform
SonicPlatform is the cybersecurity platform purpose-built for MSPs, making managing complex security environments among multiple tenants easy and streamlined.
Discover More
-
-
Solutions
-
Federal
Protect Federal Agencies and Networks with scalable, purpose-built cybersecurity solutions
Learn MoreFederalProtect Federal Agencies and Networks with scalable, purpose-built cybersecurity solutions
Learn More - Industries
- Use Cases
-
-
Partners
-
Partner Portal
Access to deal registration, MDF, sales and marketing tools, training and more
Learn MorePartner PortalAccess to deal registration, MDF, sales and marketing tools, training and more
Learn More - SonicWall Partners
- Partner Resources
-
-
Support
-
Support Portal
Find answers to your questions by searching across our knowledge base, community, technical documentation and video tutorials
Learn MoreSupport PortalFind answers to your questions by searching across our knowledge base, community, technical documentation and video tutorials
Learn More - Support
- Resources
- Capture Labs
-
- Company
- Contact Us
Components of a Security Policy in SonicOSX 7.0
08/31/2020 
5 People found this article helpful
477,452 Views
Description
There are three steps at high level on SonicOSX 7.0 which can be observed below where first section is the match attribute used to classify the packet, perform the rule lookup and then rule match; second section being the action taken on the packet and third section as action profile used to take those additional actions (BWM,Security Services etc).
SonicOSX 7.0 combines layer 4 and 7 policies, providing admins a centralized location for configuring policies.
Resolution
Match criterion
We can match the traffic based on the following parameters
- Source and destination zone
- IP version - IPv4/IPv6
- Source and destination address
- Source and destination port/services
- Users to be included
- Geo location
- Application
- Web category
- URL
- Custom match
- Schedules
We use the Source/Destination and App/URL/Custom Match tabs in the security policy to match.
Actions
There are three types of actions that can be taken once the match is done:
- Allow
- Deny
- Discard
We use the Action section of the security policy to take any necessary action.
Action Profile
Along with the actions stated above, there are some additional actions that can be taken for certain types of traffic.
- Bandwidth management and QoS
- Apply security services like GAV, Anti -Spyware, IPS and Botnet filtering
- Perform additional CFS actions, such as a passphrase, confirm, safe search, consent, wipe cookies, etc
- Reporting, logging, and Syslog
- Adjusting miscellaneous settings such as connection timeouts, SIP/H323 settings, etc
We use a security rule Action to apply additional actions to the matched traffic and selected action type.
Once a security rule is added, it can be divided into these three sections easily and can be depicted in the same way on the UI.
Related Articles
- How to Block Google QUIC Protocol on SonicOSX 7.0?
- How to block certain Keywords on SonicOSX 7.0?
- How internal Interfaces can obtain Global IPv6 Addresses using DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation
YES
NO