HP Sygate Security Agent User Guide
icon: A small visual image displayed on a computer screen to represent an application, a command, an object, or to indicate status. On the Sygate Management Server, icons show when Agents are online and represent groups, users, and computers. Icons shown on screens in Sygate software are also used to display status. For example, in the Sygate Secure Agent interface, blinking blue lights indicate incoming and outgoing traffic.
IDS: See Intrusion Detection System (IDS).
inbound traffic: Traffic that was initiated from a remote computer. See also outbound traffic.
inheritance: A way of implementing security policies, which include rules and settings, across groups and subgroups of users and computers. Security policies can be created globally so that they filter down to all subgroups. Traits that can be inherited include Simple and Advanced Rules, IDS rules, Host Integrity rules, locations (except default locations, which are not inherited), and group settings. See also rule inheritance.
initialization files: Each component of Sygate Secure Enterprise includes an initialization file that allows for the component to be configured prior to its installation. For example, ServerSettings.xml is the initialization file for a Sygate Management Server. This file defines aspects of server administration including the default log server, port numbers, administrator console timeout, encrypted web console communication, and console access. Other initialization files are SetAid.ini (for Agent installation settings and AutoLocation method) and SyLink.xml (specifying Agent administrative details such as client vs. server control and server connections).
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP): An Internet protocol (defined in RFC 792) that is primarily for reporting errors in TCP/IP messages and exchanging limited status and control information.
Internet Information Services (IIS): Web services software from Microsoft that is the Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) server for the Microsoft Windows platform. Microsoft IIS is required on the Sygate Management Server in order for Sygate Management Server to be installed successfully.
Intrusion Detection System (IDS): A device or software that detects and notifies a user or enterprise of unauthorized or anomalous access to a network or computer system. Sygate’s IDS operates on every machine in an enterprise on which the Sygate Security Agent is installed by analyzing network packets targeted at the network node and comparing them with signature database entries. An IDS helps identify attacks and probes by monitoring traffic for attack signatures that represent hostile activity. See also Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).
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