SonicWALL 4.5 Glossary, See reports, Compare to group administrator and user, See client software

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action item

Indicator of a potential vulnerability in your organization’s security that requires attention.

 

Action items appear in red on the SecurityCenter website in three locations: SecurityCenter

 

page, Computer Details page, and in reports (as dates).

action taken

How SonicWALL protection services handle or respond to detections; for example,

 

Cleaned indicates that the detected threat was successfully removed.

administrative reports

See reports.

administrator

A user account with read, write, and delete permissions that manages an organization’s

 

Enforced Client account. The administrator installs the software, receives status emails, and

 

can access the SecurityCenter website.

 

Compare to group administrator and user.

agent

See client software.

allowed Internet

An application, detected by the firewall protection service, that is specified as safe for

application

contacting the Internet. Administrators make this selection in a policy; users respond to a

 

prompt.

approved program

A program, detected by the virus and spyware protection service, that is specified as safe

 

and should not be detected. Administrators make this selection in a policy; users respond to

 

a prompt.

Avert Labs

SonicWALL Avert Labs; a research center that supports the computing public and

 

SonicWALL customers by researching the latest threats, and by uncovering threats that

 

may arise in the future.

blocking

Action taken by the firewall protection service to intercept and prevent a communication

 

attempt.

browser protection service

A service that provides safety ratings for websites and reports detailing known website

 

threats.

 

Compare to email security service, firewall protection service, and virus and spyware

 

protection service.

catalog file

A file on the Internet update site that contains version information for every component in

 

Enforced Client. Client computers check the latest catalog file to determine if their software

 

components are up-to-date. The catalog file is stored in a compressed, digitally signed

 

.CAB file format.

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