McAfee® Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide | Glossary |
full properties
All properties that can be exchanged during
See also minimal properties.
global/McAfee default policy
The base policy settings for a category that provide
global administrator
A user account with read, write, and delete permissions, as well as rights to all operations; specifically, operations that affect the entire installation, and are reserved for use by only the global administrator.
Compare to global reviewer, site administrator, site reviewer.
global blacklist
Alist of
Compare to global whitelist; see also blacklist.
global distributed repository
A distributed software repository that can be automatically kept current with the contents of the master repository.
See also replicate, replication.
global policy
The default McAfee policy for a category.
global reviewer
A user account with
Compare to global administrator, site administrator, site reviewer.
global updating
A method for deploying product updates as soon as the files are checked into the master repository without user intervention. Files are immediately replicated to all SuperAgent and global distributed repositories; the ePolicy Orchestrator server sends a wakeup call to all SuperAgents; SuperAgents send a broadcast wakeup call to all agents in the same subnet; then all client computers retrieve the updated files from the nearest repository.
group
In the console tree, a logical collection of entities assembled for ease of management. Groups can contain other groups or computers, and can be assigned IP address ranges or IP subnet masks to allow sorting computers by IP address. If you create a group by importing a Windows NT domain, you can automatically send the agent installation package to all imported computers in the domain.
high-risk application
Under Application Protection Rules, an application that is open to having code injected into its memory space or dynamic library and thus requiring protection.
host, host computer See client computer.
host IPS (HIPS)
Host protection rules that monitor and prevent attacks on the operating system and applications of a host system.
Host Intrusion Prevention (HIP) client
The Host Intrusion Prevention module that is installed on each host system in your network. The client serves as a protective layer surrounding a computer’s operating system and applications, identifying and preventing suspected breaches of security and malicious attacks.
