Chapter 3. Managing PNS hosts

There are two ways to manage PNS firewalls:

  • Using the Management Server (MS) and the Management Console (MC) graphical user interface (GUI). PNS and MS are designed to be configured using the Management Console (MC). The Proxedo Network Security Suite 1.0 Administrator Guide focuses primarily on the preferred MC-based administration method.

  • Manually editing the configuration files of every host. This method requires advanced Linux skills and deep technical knowledge about how PNS works. For more information on this procedure, see Chapter 10, Local firewall administration.

Note

You cannot mix the two administration methods: once you start editing configuration files manually, you cannot continue or revert to using MC, unless you rebuild the configuration from scratch.