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Frequently Asked Questions
This section answers some practical questions that can arise when using Host
Intrusion Prevention 6.0.
What is a policy?
What is the McAfee Default policy?
What happens to the nodes of the Directory under a node where I assigned a new
policy?
How are the nodes to which a policy is applied affected when the policy is modified?
Why isn’t the new Host Intrusion Prevention policy I assigned being enforced?
Can I delegate administration of IPS and firewall policies to different administrators
in different geographic locations?
Can I apply the same security configuration to different systems?
Can I view or edit the policies applicable to a specific node or client?
How do I view all available policies and the nodes they are assigned to?
How do I view IPS events triggered by clients?
How do I create an exception based on an IPS Event?
How do I refine IPS Rules policies with automated tuning mechanisms?
How do I create custom signatures for an IPS Policy?
How do I reorganize existing exceptions and custom signatures into a new policy?
How do I find existing policies that match a given profile?
What is a policy?
A policy is a customized subset of product settings corresponding to a policy category.
You can create, modify, or delete as many named policies as needed for each policy
category.
What is the McAfee Default policy?
Upon installation, each policy category contains at least one named policy, McAfee
Default. The McAfee Default policies cannot be edited, renamed, or deleted.