Customizing Security Templates

When you start to customize security templates, you must first determine whether you can work with an existing default or standard template as a foundation. (To get a better idea of what is included and targeted in the default security templates, see Chapter 5.) You have two options for working with security templates to create your own customized version: You can copy a default template, making changes to what is included in the original template, or you can create your own template from scratch.

Copying Templates

An excellent option that allows you to take advantage of existing configurations in a security template is to copy one of the default templates. This approach can save you a lot of effort and time.

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