Configuring the Trusted Networks policy

The Trusted Networks policy enables you to maintain a list of network addresses and subnets, which you can tag as trusted. The policy lets you:

To configure trusted network options:

  1. In the console tree, select the group or computer where you want to apply the policy.
  2. Expand the General feature, and click Edit in the Trusted Network line.
  3. The policy name list becomes active.

  4. Select New Policy.
  5. The Create New Policy dialog box appears.

     

    Create a new, duplicate policy when viewing the details of a preset policy by clicking Duplicate at the bottom of the policy dialog box. Type the name of the new policy and indicate whether to assign the policy immediately to the current node.

  6. Select the policy to duplicate, type a name for the new policy, and click OK.
  7. The Trusted Networks dialog box appears.

  8. Do any of the following:
  9. Select...
    To do this...
    Add
    Add a trusted network address to the list. Select the address type (single, range, subnet), enter the appropriate address, and select whether to mark as trusted for Network IPS.
    Edit
    Change the data in a selected trusted network address.
    Remove
    Remove a selected trusted network address.
    Include Local Subnet Automatically
    Automatically treat all users on the same subnet as trusted, even those not in the list.
    Do not include Local Subnet Automatically
    Treat only users in the list as trusted even if they are all on the same trusted subnet.

  10. Click Apply and close the dialog box.
  11. The name of the new policy appears in the policy list.

  12. Click Apply.

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