Assigning An Authorization Policy To A Protected Resource - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - ACCESS GATEWAY GUIDE 2010 Manual

1.3.3 Assigning an Authorization Policy to a Protected
Resource
An Authorization policy specifies conditions that a user must meet in order to access a resource. The
Access Gateway enforces these conditions. The policy can specify the criteria a user must meet
either to allow access or to deny access.
1 Click Access Gateways > Edit > [Name of Reverse Proxy] > [Name of Proxy Service] >
Protected Resources > [Name of Protected Resource] > Authorization.
The Authorization Policy List contains all the Access Gateway Authorization policies that have
been created on this Administration Console for the selected policy container.
2 Select one of the following:
To enable an existing policy, select the policy, then click Enable. Continue with
To disable an existing policy, select the policy, then click Disable. Continue with
To edit an existing policy, click the name of the policy. Remember that policies can be
assigned to multiple protected resources. If you modify the policy, you are also affecting
how this policy protects those resources. For configuration information, see
Access Gateway Authorization
Guide.
When you have completed your policy modifications, continue with
To create a new policy, click Manage Policies. On the Policies page, click New, specify a
display name, select Access Gateway: Authorization as the type, then click OK. For
configuration information, see
Novell Access Manager 3.1 SP2 Policy
When you have created your policy, continue with
3 To enable the policy you just created, select the policy, then click Enable.
Only the policies that are enabled are applied to this resource. All available Authorization
policies are listed. If you use the same policy for multiple protected resources, use the policy
description field to indicate this.
4 To save your changes to the browser cache, click OK.
5 To apply the changes, click the Access Gateways link, then click Update > OK.
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