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* Policy-based management does imply a Visual Policy Definition Tool
o Visual & intuitive view of business exchanges between objects
o Grouping mechanisms with objects
- protocols and services
- IP addresses
- users
o Re-useable objects
o Templates
o Folding
o Various ways of checking and auditing the policy definition
o Various ways of checking and auditing the policy actually deployed in the devices


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