1. Huawei HedEx Documentation: In the HUAWEI USG6000E & USG6000
and Eudemon1000E/8000E/Eudemon200E-X Series V600R007C20 Administrator Guide
the section on "Security Policy" details the configuration of session limits. When configuring the action for a security policy
an administrator can set session limits based on multiple criteria.
Reference: HUAWEI USG6000E & USG6000
and Eudemon1000E/8000E/Eudemon200E-X Series V600R007C20 Administrator Guide
Section: Security Policy > Configuring a Security Policy > Action. This section describes creating a session limit profile which can be applied to the entire policy
per source IP
or per destination IP
demonstrating capabilities beyond just the two mentioned in the question.
2. Huawei HCIP-Security Courseware: The official training materials for the HCIP-Security certification (the exam this question is for) explain the session limiting function.
Reference: HCIP-Security V3.0 Firewall Technology Training Material
Chapter: Firewall Security Policy. This chapter explains that session limits can be configured in a security policy to control the maximum number of concurrent connections for each IP address
each user
or the entire traffic flow that matches the policy. The inclusion of "each user" and "the entire traffic flow" explicitly contradicts the "only" in the provided statement.