Microsoft Windows XPe Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Microsoft Windows XPe Service Pack 2 (SP2) addresses new challenges to the security of personal computers by making a number of basic improvements to the operating system.
The HP Compaq Thin Clients Microsoft XPe SP2 image includes improvements to the following features:
■Network Protection
■Microsoft Internet Explorer
■Windows Messenger
■Windows Media Player
Network protection
Network protection is the largest area of improvement in Windows XPe Service Pack 2, and the one with the most implications for existing software.
Sygate firewall
HP's XPe SP2 image includes a Sygate firewall. HP Sygate Security Agent provides a customizable firewall that helps protect your computer from intrusion and misuse, whether malicious or unintentional. It detects and identifies known Trojans, port scans, and other common attacks, and in response, selectively allows or blocks the use of various networking services, applications, ports, and components.
HP Sygate Standalone Agent has the ability to allow or block any port or protocol, inbound or outbound, by either application or traffic signature. The Agent not only blocks according to these parameters, but can also link them with logical and/or conditional statements, increasing the scope and flexibility of polices that you can apply. The Agent can also block and apply policy to custom protocol adapters, enabling enterprises to use custom
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