HP VPN Firewall Appliances Access Control Configuration Guide
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# Ping the financial database server from a PC of the marketing department during working hours.
C:\> ping 192.168.0.100
Pinging 192.168.0.100 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
The output shows that the financial database server cannot be pinged.
Using a wizard to configure a firewall policy
Firewall policy can be configured only in the Web interface.
Besides the method above, you can configure the interzone policies through the firewall policy
configuration wizard in the Web interface.
The firewall policy configuration wizard provides a way to easily configure firewall policies for virtual
devices. It can also help you to configure interzone policy parameters.
Configuration prerequisites
Table 25 Firewall policy configuration prerequisites
Item Descri
p
tion
Security zone
Optional for the root virtual device and required for other virtual devices.
Select Device Management > Zone from the navigation tree to configure a security
zone. For more information, see "Configuring security zones."
Address resource
Optional.
Select Resource > Address from the navigation tree to configure an address group
resource. For more information, see "Configuring address resources."
Service resource
Optional.
Select Resource > Service from the navigation tree to configure a service group
resource. For more information, see "Configuring service resources."
Time range resource
Optional.
Select Resource > Time Range from the navigation tree to configure a time range
resource. For more information, see "Configuring time range resources."
Content filtering policy
template
Optional.
Select Identification > Content Filtering > Policy Template from the navigation tree to
configure a content filtering policy template. For more information, see Attack
Protection Configuration Guide.