How Policy Order Governs Policy Application - Watchguard V10 User Manual

• To save the settings to the Management Station and
apply them to the Firebox Vclass appliance when it is
restarted, click OK.
• To close the Policy Manager window without saving or
applying any changes, click Cancel.
• To immediately commit the settings to the Firebox
Vclass appliance, click Apply.
The Commit dialog box appears.
- To flush any active connections that may be
• Click Help to launch the online help system within
your browser window.
• Click Security Policy or IKE Policy to toggle between
these two displays.

How policy order governs policy application

Vcontroller applies policies to new data in the order you
set. This order can be critical to the proper operation of
your Firebox Vclass appliance. For example, suppose you
define a policy that admits HTTP packet streams, and you
list this policy second in order. However, suppose the first
policy in the list blocks all HTTP traffic from entry. Because
the first policy blocks all HTTP traffic, the second policy is
not applied.
Because policies can make use of wildcards or nested
address groups, make sure you define and list all of your
policy rules in the proper order.
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affected by the changes, click the appropriate
checkbox and then click Commit.
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