software restriction policies rule

software restriction policies rule: A rule that creates an exception to the default security level that is defined by software restriction policies.

The following types of rules can be created: certificate rules, which recognize software that is digitally signed by an Authenticode software publisher certificate; hash rules, which recognize specific software based on a hash of the software; path rules, which recognize software based on the location in which the software is stored; registry path rules, which recognize software based on the location of the software as it is stored in the registry; and Internet zone rules, which recognize software based on the zone of the Internet from which the software is downloaded.