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Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide Glossary
policy enforcement interval
The time period during which the agent enforces the settings it has received from the ePolicy Orchestrator
server. Because these settings are enforced locally, this interval does not require any bandwidth.
policy files
Set of policy settings for one or more products that are saved to the local drive of the ePolicy Orchestrator
server, but cannot be accessed by a remote console.
See also policy templates.
policy pages
Part of the ePolicy Orchestrator console; they allow you to set policies and create scheduled tasks for
products, and are stored on individual ePolicy Orchestrator servers (they are not added to the master
repository).
port scanning
A hacking technique used to check TCP/IP ports to reveal which services are available in order to plan an
exploit involving those services, and to determine the operating system of a particular computer.
product deployment client task
A scheduled task for deploying all products currently checked into the master repository at once. It enables
you to schedule product installation and removal during off-peak hours or during the policy enforcement
interval.
profile
A grouping of policies based on common use of applications, network location, or access rights and
privileges.
properties
Data exchanged during agent-to-server communication that includes information about each managed
computer (for example, hardware and software) and its managed products (for example, specific policy
settings and the product version number).
pull
The act of copying files from a source or fallback repository to the master repository. Because additional files
can be added to the master repository manually, only those files on the source or fallback repository are
overwritten.
quarantine mode
Enforced isolation of a computer until action can be taken to update protection policies.
reaction
The response by a client when intercepting a signature. Three possible reactions can occur: Ignore (ignores
the operation), Log (logs the operation in the database as an intrusion), and Prevent (prevents the specific
illegal operation from taking place and logs it).
remote console
See ePolicy Orchestrator remote console.
Repository
The location that stores policy pages used to manage products.
selective updating
The ability to specify which version of updates you want client computers to retrieve from distributed
software repositories.
See also branch.
server tasks
Tasks that can be executed on the server-side of the software.