What Is an Object?

For firewalls, IP addresses, services, and others are used as matching conditions in configuring not only security policies, but also NAT policies, proxy policies, authentication policies, and PBRs. To simplify configuration operations, the concept of "object" is introduced to Huawei firewalls. An object is a set of common elements, such as IP addresses, services, and applications. After creating an object, you can directly reference the object in various service policies without repeatedly entering or selecting elements. To modify the application scope of multiple service policies, you only need to modify the object referenced by the service policies. Using objects can significantly reduce management costs and improve maintenance efficiency.