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Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide Glossary
console tree
The contents of the Tree tab in the left pane of the ePolicy Orchestrator console; it shows the items that are
available in the console.
custom agent installation package
An agent installation package that uses the user credentials you provide to perform the installation, instead
of those of the currently logged on user.
DAT files
Detection definition files, sometimes referred to as signature files.
See also EXTRA.DAT file, incremental DAT files, and SuperDAT.
denial of service
An attack method whereby a computer is overwhelmed with bogus requests, causing it to crash or keeping
it from honoring legitimate requests.
denial-of-service attack (DoS)
A means of attack, an intrusion, against a computer, server or network that disrupts the ability to respond to
legitimate connection requests. A denial-of-service attack overwhelms its target with false connection
requests, so that the target ignores legitimate requests.
deploy, deployment
The act of distributing and installing and configuring client computers from a central location.
details pane
The right pane of the ePolicy Orchestrator console, which shows details of the currently selected console tree
item.
Directory
In the console tree, the list of all computers to be managed via ePolicy Orchestrator; the link to the primary
interfaces for managing these computers.
distributed software repositories
A collection of web sites or computers located across the network in such a way as to provide
bandwidth-efficient access to client computers. Distributed software repositories store the files that client
computers need to install supported products and updates to these products.
See also fallback repository, global distributed repository, local distributed repository, master repository, mirror
distributed repository, source repository, and SuperAgent distributed repository.
download site
The McAfee web site from which you retrieve product or
DAT updates.
See also update site.
effective policy
A union of all IPS Rules and Trusted Application Rules policies that apply to client computers.
enforce, enforcement
The act of applying predefined settings on client computers at predetermined intervals.
ePolicy Orchestrator agent
A program that performs background tasks on managed computers, mediates all requests between the
ePolicy Orchestrator server and the anti-virus and security products on these computers, and reports back to
the server to indicate the status of these tasks.
ePolicy Orchestrator console
The user interface of the ePolicy Orchestrator software that is used to remotely control and monitor managed
computers.
See also ePolicy Orchestrator remote console.