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Dynamic Group

Dynamic Groups are comprised of Dynamic External Address Groups (DEAG) and Dynamic External Address Objects (DEAO). A DEAG is an Address Group whose members are dynamic. DEAOs are intermediate, internal objects that are dynamically created and placed under a DEAG when a DEAG file is downloaded. The Dynamic External Objects feature eliminates the need for manually modifying an Address Group to add or remove members.

Dynamic Group page

Pop-up tool tips appear when you hover over many of the fields in a DEAG entry.

You can configure multiple Dynamic External Address Groups which can be used in access rules or security policies.

For example, if you want to maintain a group for all partner IP addresses on which certain access rules or security policies are enforced, you can create a DEAG or DEAO.

The creation of a DEAO consists:

  • Creation of the DEAG file on an FTP server or on a web page at a specific URL
  • Configuration of the DEAG on the OBJECT | Match Objects > Dynamic Group page including downloading and using the information in the DEAG file.

From Dynamic Group page, you can:

  • Filter the table data with a specific string
  • Add, modify, and delete Dynamic External Address Groups
  • Export the table information into CSV file
  • Refresh the table to get the latest data

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