Creating policies on the ASA

In this section, we are going to take a look at how to create and apply policies on the ASA.

Modular Policy Framework

The Modular Policy Framework (MPF) is used to identify which traffic to inspect or to apply an action. To apply the MPF within the ASA, the traffic type needs to be inspected first by the ASA using a Class Map. Then, an action has to be applied, such as whether to permit or deny using a Policy Map. Last, we need to tell the ASA where to apply the policy using a Service Map.

Creating a policy

To create a policy on the ASA, there...