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natethegreat_23
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Aug 24, 2016

Does an "automatic policy" start blocking right away?

I created an automatic policy for a prod server and after going through all of the recommended settings and applying it, I noticed that it said it was in blocking mode (which I don't want until it is...
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Stephan_Mierau
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Aug 24, 2016

yes the automatic policy is in blocking mode from the beginning. But all the parts of your policy should be in staging, which means the policy does not block anything. Also you must enforce a policy entry that the policy blocks anything.