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General tab

Use the General tab to view a summary of the current secure communications for your computer.

Packet Protect Status

Certificate.  Displays the certificate status for this computer.

Hardware Offload.  Displays, in number of packets, how much of the encryption tasks have been offloaded to the PRO/100 adapter for processing. This statistic is updated whenever the security associations change.

Security Association Summary

The Security Association statistics are updated automatically each time a security association is created or denied.

Number of clear SAs.  The number of security associations are operating without security, also called "in the clear."

Number of deny SAs. The number of security associations that  were denied. This statistic reflects all denied security associations since the Intel Policy Agent started.

Number of Protect SAs. The number of security associations that are using a security action/

Total Number of SAs. The total number of security associations present.

Config Summary

Configuration Type. Displays whether this computer is configured locally or if the computer is configured by a policy manager or if this computer is a policy manager.

Default Behavior. Displays the default behavior for this computer.


Associations tab

The Associations tab displays all of the security associations (SA) that are currently active on your computer. Security associations are added to list as they are created and are deleted from the list as soon as they are ended.

You can select security association to view detailed information about it.

Details for Selected Item

Local. The name or IP address of this computer, normally. It can also be a broadcast address that also maps to this computer.

Remote. The name or IP address or the computer that this computer is communicating with.

Protection. The type of protection used for this security association. These can be:

•	Clear: no protection

•	Deny: communication was not allowed

•	Integrity: packets are checked to make sure they have not been tampered with.

•	Crypto: packets are encrypted.

•	Integrity+Crypto: packets are encrypted and have been checked to make sure they have not been tampered with.

Protocol. Displays the type of protocol that this security association applies to. Valid values are:

•	UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

•	TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

•	IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol)

•	*. Refers to all ports.

Age. The total time elapsed for this security association.

Traffic In. The number of bytes received on this security association. This value is not displayed if the security association is not secure. This statistic is updated every minute by the policy agent.

Traffic Out. The number of bytes that have been sent on this security association. This value is not displayed if the security association is not secure. This statistic is updated every minute by the policy agent.

IPSec AH. The security algorithm used in the authentication header. This value is not displayed if the security association is not secure.

IPSec ESP. The security algorithm used in the payload. This value is not displayed if the security association is not secure.


Support tab

Use the Support tab to find out where you can get support for Packet Protect. This window contains URLs for Intel customer support, as well as information about Intel network products.

This windows also displays information about this version of Packet Protect.

Legal information about Intel® Packet Protect.