policy manager is a comprehensive software tool for creating, modifying, and saving configuration files. a configuration file, with the extension .cfg, contains all the settings, options, addresses, and other information that constitute your firebox security policy. when you view the settings in policy manager, you are seeing a “user friendly” version of your configuration file.

    this section describes how to open a configuration file after one has been created. this assumes you have already run the quicksetup wizard and have a basic configuration file saved either on the firebox or on your local hard drive. if you have not run the quicksetup wizard, see chapter 5, “using policy manager to configure your network” for information on how to create a basic configuration from scratch.

    1 select start =] programs =] watchguard =] control center.

    2 if you are prompted to run the quicksetup wizard, click continue.

    3 if you are prompted to connect to the firebox, click cancel.

    4 from the watchguard control center, click the policy

    manager icon (shown at right).

    you can now either open a configuration from the firebox or from the local hard disk, as explained in the next two sections.