Desktop Protector Alerts

Desktop Protector Alerts

Introduction

Your dynamic firewall handles most alerts for you, but you can take additional steps to

 

make its responses even more effective. The information in this topic may help you

 

determine which events merit your attention.

Severity levels

Some network events are more dangerous than others. Desktop Protector assigns each

 

event a numerical rank that reflects the event’s potential risk level, and reports that rank

 

with an icon on the Events tab. The following table lists the severity levels Desktop

 

Protector uses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Icon

Rank

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-10

Critical. These are deliberate attacks on your system for the purpose of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

damaging data, extracting data, or crashing the system. Critical events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

always trigger protection measures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4-6

Serious. These are deliberate attempts to access information on your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

system without directly damaging anything. Some serious events trigger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

protection measures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-3

Suspicious. These are network activities that are not immediately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

threatening, but may indicate that someone is attempting to locate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

security vulnerabilities in your system. For example, intruders may scan

 

 

 

 

 

the available ports or services on a system before attacking it. Suspicious

 

 

 

 

 

events do not trigger protection measures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

Informational. These are network events that are not threatening but

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

worth noting. Informational events do not trigger protection measures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5: Desktop Protector severity icons

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3.5, Desktop Protector specifications

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