Black Box ET0010A User Manual

Creating Distributed Key Policies

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EncrypTight User Guide

To verify policies:
1 Click Tools > Verify policies. ETPM displays a confirmation message indicating the results of the 

rules check. 

2 If the policies contain errors, go to the Policy View to locate them. Expand the policy tree to find the 

component with the configuration error. Double-click the component with the error to view the editor 
and find the entry with the configuration error. You can mouse over the 

 to view a message 

describing the error. 

Policy deployment is the distribution of policies created in the Policy Manager (ETPM) to the appropriate 
Key Management Systems (ETKMSs) which in turn generate the keys and distribute the policies to the 
appropriate Policy Enforcement Points (PEPs). 

Once the policies have been created and saved, deploy the policies by clicking 

 Deploy. Note that 

you cannot selectively deploy a specific policy. When you click Deploy, all policies are sent to the 
ETKMSs.

As soon as you deploy the policies, the Policy view status indicators change to yellow momentarily. Once 
the policies are successfully deployed, the status indicators change to green. For more information on 
status indicators, see 

. 

When you deploy policies, any errors cause the entire deployment to fail. No policies are deployed to the 
ETKMSs even if only one policy has an error. 

You cannot deploy policies that contain configuration errors in any of the policy components. If you 
attempt to do so, an error message appears with the text: “Policy Deployment is not allowed while 
configuration errors exist.” Expand the policy tree to locate the component with the configuration error. 
Double-click the component with the error to view the editor and find the entry with the configuration 
error. You can mouse over the 

 to view a message describing the error. Correct the problem and then 

retry.

Since the deployment of policies can cause a brief interruption of traffic on the PEPs’ data ports, the 
ETPM displays a confirmation each time you click Deploy 

. You can disable this prompt. 

To enable or disable the deployment warning:
1 From the ETPM main menu bar, click Edit > Preferences. 
2 In the Preferences window, expand the ETPM listing and select Confirmation.