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When introducing StoneGate for a new customer there usually is first just some written security policy e.g. in Excel that describes the IP addresses, IP ranges and network addresses needed for configuring the environment. Now in StoneGate 5.2 you can take that as starting point and save it as CSV or txt format and import your file directly to SMC. The system then auto-generates all the elements that are defined in the input file. This is a very convenient tool when you need to create hundreds or thousands of network elements.

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Let’s begin the feature previews with a cool nice search feature you can utilize in all element lists & tables throughout the StoneGate Management Center (SMC). In SMC 5.2 you can just put focus to the element list and start typing any keyword. The system automatically looks for substring match from Name, IP, Comment and many other fields and filters away all the rows that don’t match your keyword.

In big environments there typically are thousands of host and network elements. With the help of the new type ahead search you can quickly find the correct elements from the long element lists without touching the vertical scroll bar. Note that this instant type ahead search is available also in dialogs where the space for selecting the elements is very limited (for example when selecting elements to be included in the Group element).

Once you’ll try it – you’ll love it!

written by Tero Jantunen - 707 views \\ tags: 5.2, elements, Feature Previews, search, Shortcuts, SMC, usability