Creating a basic Connect:Direct policy

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The policy defines how you impose controls to authenticate a Connect:Direct® PNODE trying to communicate with a Connect:Direct SNODE over the public Internet.

About this task

The basic policy does not enforce any controls over the defined node. You add security controls when you define more advanced security settings.

To define a basic policy:

Procedure

  1. From IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, select Configuration from the left hand-side navigation panel.
  2. Click Policies, then in the Connect:Direct Policy tile, click View Policies to display the list of created Connect:Direct Policies.
  3. Click Add New +.
  4. Type a Policy Name.
  5. Click Save.