Appendix A: Operating Tabs

The Events Tab

Introduction

The Events tab summarizes all intrusion and system events on your computer. The tab

 

columns show the time, type, and severity of an event; the intruder's name and IP

 

address; how Desktop Protector has responded to the event, and other information.

Customizing

To customize the information on the Events tab, right-click a column header and select

information

Columns. A window appears in which you can add, hide, show, resize, or rearrange

 

columns. By default, the information on the Events tab is sorted first by severity, then by

 

time.

 

 

Sorting

Click a column header to sort the list by that column. Click the column header again to

 

reverse the sort order.

AdvICE button

When you select an event in the Events tab, a brief description of the attack appears at the

 

bottom of the tab. For more information about the event, or to see suggested remedies for

 

the attack, click advICE to connect to the ISS Web site for the latest information about that

 

event.

 

 

 

Note: For more information about filtering the information shown on the Events tab,

 

see“Filtering the Events List” on page 48.

Default Events tab

This table describes the default columns on the Event tab. For information about adding

columns

optional columns, see “Showing and hiding columns” on page 49:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This column...

Contains this information...

 

 

 

 

 

Severity

The severity icon is a visual representation of the severity

 

 

of an event and the response from RealSecure Desktop

 

 

Protector. For more information, see “Severity levels” on

 

 

page 12.

 

 

 

 

 

Time

The date and time the event occurred, in 24-hour format.

 

 

 

 

 

Event

The name of the event type. A description of the event is

 

 

displayed at the bottom of the window.

 

 

 

 

 

Intruder

The NetBIOS or DNS name of the attacking system. When

 

 

Desktop Protector cannot determine a name, it displays the

 

 

intruder’s IP address.

 

 

 

 

 

Count

If an intruder executes the same attack several times, the

 

 

Events tab shows the collected occurrences as one event.

 

 

This column displays the number of occurrences that made

 

 

up that event. The Time column shows the time the most

 

 

recent event occurred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 9: Events tab default columns

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