Acceptable Use Policy

An acceptable use policy (AUP) is a policy that users must agree to follow in order to access a network or the Internet. It is common practice for many businesses and educational facilities to require that employees or students agree to an acceptable use policy before accessing the network or Internet through the SonicWall.

The Acceptable Use Policy section allows you to create the AUP message window for users. You can use HTML formatting in the body of your message. Clicking the Example Template button creates a preformatted HTML template for your AUP window; see Creating an Example Template.

Display on login from - Select the network interface(s) you want to display the Acceptable Use Policy page when users login. You can choose Trusted Zones, WAN Zone, Public Zones, Wireless Zones, and VPN Zone in any combination.
Window size (pixels) - Allows you to specify the size of the AUP window defined in pixels:

Checking the Enable scroll bars on the window allows the user to scroll through the AUP window contents.

Enable scroll bars on window - Turns on the scroll bars if your content will exceed the display size of the window.
Acceptable use policy page content - Enter your text in the Acceptable Use Policy field. You can include HTML formatting. The page that is displayed to the user includes an I Accept button or Cancel button for user confirmation.

Creating an Example Template
1
Click the Example Template button to populate the content with the default AUP template, which you can modify:

<font face=arial size=3>

<center><b><i>Welcome to the SonicWall</center></b></i>

<font size=2>

<table width="100%" border="1">

<tr><td>

<font size=2>

<br><br><br>

<center>Enter your usage policy terms here.

<br><br><br>

</td></tr>

</table>

Click "I Accept" only if you wish to accept these terms and continue,

or otherwise select "Cancel".

2
Click the Preview button to display your AUP message as it will appear for the user.
3
To close the window, click either the I Accept or Cancel button.