Configuring A Policy For Unknown Im Users - Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series Administration Manual

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Configuring a policy for unknown IM users

FortiGate Version 3.0 MR4 Administration Guide
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The User Policy determines the action to be taken with unknown users. Unknown
users can be either allowed to use some or all of the IM protocols and added to a
white list, or blocked from using some or all of the IM protocols and added to a
black list. You can later view the white and black lists and add the users to the
user list.
To configure the IM policy, go to IM/P2P > User > Config.
Figure 275:IM User policy
Configure or view the following settings for the IM user policy:
Automatically Allow Select the protocols that unknown users are allowed to use. The
unknown users are added to a temporary white list.
Automatically Block Select the protocols to which unknown users are denied access.
The unknown users are added to a temporary black list.
List of Temporary New users who have been added to the temporary white or black
lists. User information includes Protocol, Username, and the
Users
Policy applied to the user.
Note: If the FortiGate unit is rebooted, the list is cleared.
Protocol Select a protocol by which to filter the list of temporary users.
Username The name selected by the user when registering with an IM
protocol. The same user name can be used for multiple IM
protocols. Each user name/protocol pair appears separately in the
list.
Policy The policy applied to the user when attempting to use the protocol:
Block or Deny.
Permanently Allow Select to add the user to the permanent white list. The user
remains online and is listed in IM/P2P > Users > User List.
Permanently Block Select to add the user to the permanent black list. The user is
listed in IM/P2P > Users > User List.
Apply Click to apply the global user policy.
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