F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 8.0, Administrator'S Manual

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Introduction
F-Secure Policy Manager Server and the managed hosts is accomplished
through the standard HTTP protocol, which ensures trouble-free
performance on the LAN and WAN.
F-Secure Policy Manager Web Reporting is an enterprise-wide web
based graphical reporting system included in F-Secure Policy Manager
Server. With F-Secure Policy Manager Web Reporting you can quickly
create graphical reports based on historical trend data, identify computers
that are unprotected or vulnerable to virus outbreaks.
F-Secure Policy Manager Update Server & Agent are used for
updating virus and spyware definitions on the managed hosts. F-Secure
Automatic Update Agent
allows users to receive automatic updates and
informational content without interrupting their work to wait for files to
download from the Web. F-Secure Automatic Update Agent downloads
files automatically in the background using bandwidth not being used by
other Internet applications, so the users can always be sure they will have
the latest updates without having to search the Web. If F-Secure
Automatic Update Agent is always connected to the Internet, it will
automatically receive new virus definition updates within about two hours
after they have been published by F-Secure.
F-Secure Management Agent enforces the security policies set by the
administrator on the managed hosts, and provides the end user with a
user interface and other services. It handles all management functions on
the local workstations and provides a common interface for all F-Secure
applications, and operates within the policy-based management
infrastructure.
1.2 I nstallation Order
To install F-Secure Policy Manager, please follow this installation order
(unless you are installing F-Secure Policy Manager Server and F-Secure
Policy Manager Console on the same machine, in which case setup
installs all components during the same installation process):
1. F-Secure Policy Manager Server and F-Secure Policy Manager
Update Server & Agent,
2. F-Secure Policy Manager Console,