digital signature is 'broken'. You cannot rely on the contents of the document because the
contents might have also been altered in other ways. Signed content policy specifies how
documents with digital signatures are handled.
1
From Policy Manager, select a submenu item On-Access or On-Demand. The policy
page for the selected submenu item appears.
2
Click on a policy.
3
Click Signed Content. The View Settings tab for the signed content filter appears.
4
In Activation, select Enable to enable the signed content filter settings for the policy.
5
In Actions, click Edit to configure the actions that must be taken when signed content is
detected.
TIP:
For information on the available actions that can be taken when signed content is
detected, refer to the
Primary and Secondary Actions section.
For Signed Content filter, there will be an additional primary action involved for both
On-Access and On-Demand scans. It is called Allow changes to break the signature.
If this option is chosen, then the signature of the signed content will be broken which leads
to the change of the content before being uploaded.
Password-Protected Files
Password-protected files cannot be scanned. For example, RIR or ZIP files. You can configure
password-protected files policies to specify the action taken when files protected with a password
are detected.
1
From Policy Manager, select a submenu item On-Access or On-Demand. The policy
page for the selected submenu item appears.
2
Click on a policy.
3
Click Password-Protected Files. The View Settings tab for the password-protected file
filter appears.
4
In Activation, select Enable to enable the password-protected file filter settings for the
policy.
5
In Actions, click Edit to configure the actions that must be taken when password-protected
files are detected.
TIP:
For information on the available actions that can be taken when password-protected
files are detected, refer to the
Primary and Secondary Actions section.
Scanner Control
You can configure scanner control policies to limit the nesting level, file size, and scan time that
is allowed when scanning files/documents.
1
From Policy Manager, select a submenu item On-Access or On-Demand. The policy
page for the selected submenu item appears.
2
Click on a policy.
3
Click Scanner Control. The View Settings tab for the scanner control filter appears.
4
In Activation, select Enable to enable the scanner control filter settings for the policy.
5
In Options, select:
Getting Started with the User Interface
Policy Manager
39
McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint version 2.5 User Guide
