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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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How to Create User Agent Policies

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User Agent policies allow you to to create policy objects to allow or block clients based on the information included in their user agent string. You can add browser / operating system combinations, or you can define up to five generic user agent patterns. The selected user agents and the generic user agent patterns are combined with a Boolean OR.

Create a User Agent Object

  1. Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Assigned Services > Firewall > Forwarding Rules.
  2. Click Lock.
  3. In the left menu, select User Agents.
  4. Right-click the table and select New User Agent Policy. The Edit Agent Policy Object window opens.
  5. Enter a Name.
  6. Select the Default Action for the policy object.
    User_agent_objects_01.png
  7. In the Select User Agents section, expand the list and use the filters on the top of the columns to display the desired browser/operating system combinations.
  8. Use the filter to find the user agent or operating system, and double-click to add the browser / operating system combination to the Selected User Agents.
    User_agent_objects_02.png
  9. (optional) In the Generic User Agent Patterns section, click + to enter a user agent pattern. You can use the following wildcard characters * (asterisk) and ?.  E.g., Use *MSIE 6.* to filter for all Internet Explorer 6.X versions.
    User_agent_objects_03.png
  10. Click Save.
  11. Click Send Changes and Activate