Use category settings to configure global settings for all filters within a
specified category group. Digital Vaccine filters are organized into groups based
on the
type of protection provided:
- Application Protection filters — Defend against exploits targeting applications and operating systems. These filters include a variety of security filters and application filters.
- Infrastructure Protection filters — Protect network bandwidth and network infrastructure elements.
- Performance Protection filters — Allow key applications to have prioritized access to bandwidth ensuring that mission critical applications have adequate performance during times of high congestion. Types of filters in this group include Peer-to-Peer, Instant Messaging, and Streaming Media.
Use category settings to assign global configuration settings to filters in a subcategory.
For example, if you decide not to use any filters to monitor P2P traffic, you can
change
the category settings for the Performance Protection P2P filter group to disable
these
filters. Category settings consist of the following global parameters:
- State — Determines whether filters within the subcategory are enabled or disabled. If you disable a category, you disable all filters in the category.
- Action set — Determines what occurs when traffic matches a filter. If you configure the Recommended action set, filters within the category are configured with the settings that the Digital Vaccine team recommends. If required, you can override the category setting on individual filters by editing the filter to define custom settings.