Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 8130
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 33 Blocking Malware and Prohibited Files
Understanding and Creating File Policies
You must reapply any access control policies that use the file policy you edited.
Comparing Two File Policies
License:
Protection
To review policy changes for compliance with your organization’s standards or to optimize system
performance, you can examine the differences between any two file policies, or two revisions of the same
policy.
performance, you can examine the differences between any two file policies, or two revisions of the same
policy.
The file policy comparison view displays two file policies or revisions in a side-by-side format, with the
time of last modification and the last user to modify displayed next to each policy name. Differences
between the two policies are highlighted:
time of last modification and the last user to modify displayed next to each policy name. Differences
between the two policies are highlighted:
•
Blue indicates that the highlighted setting is different in the two policies, and the difference is noted
in red text.
in red text.
•
Green indicates that the highlighted setting appears in one policy but not the other.
You can navigate through the differences by clicking
Previous
and
Next
. The double-arrow icon (
)
centered between the left and right sides moves, and the
Difference
number adjusts to identify which
difference you are viewing. Optionally, you can generate a file policy comparison report, which is a PDF
version of the comparison view.
version of the comparison view.
To compare two file policies:
Access:
Admin/Access Admin
Step 1
Select
Policies > Files.
The File Policies page appears.
Step 2
Click
Compare Policies
.
The Select Comparison dialog box appears.
Step 3
From the
Compare Against
drop-down list, select the type of comparison you want to make:
•
To compare two different policies, select either
Running Configuration
or
Other Policy
. The practical
difference between the two options is that if you select
Running Configuration
, the system limits one
of your comparison choices to the set of currently applied file policies.
•
To compare revisions of the same policy, select
Other Revision
.
The dialog box refreshes, displaying your comparison options.
Step 4
Depending on the comparison type you selected, you have the following choices:
•
If you are comparing two different policies, select the policies you want to compare:
Policy A
or
Target/Running Configuration A
, and
Policy B
.
•
If you are comparing revisions of the same policy, select the
Policy
you want to use, then select the
two revisions:
Revision A
and
Revision B
. Revisions are listed by date and user name.
Step 5
Click
OK
.
The comparison view appears.
Step 6
Optionally, click
Comparison Report
to generate the access control policy comparison report.