To govern the exchange of information at the transport level, configure access to communications protocols by setting appropriate permissions. These permissions specify who can gain access to which protocols and what level of access users have. Permissions can be set on a per-user or per-group basis. Description of access rights for each protocol is given in the Access Rights section.

When you select the Protocols > Permissions node in the console tree, the details pane lists the protocols for which you can define permissions (see Permission Management Tasks).