User manual F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 8.0 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

[. . . ] F-Secure Policy Manager 8. 0 Administrator's Guide "F-Secure" and the triangle symbol are registered trademarks of F-Secure Corporation and FSecure product names and symbols/logos are either trademarks or registered trademarks of FSecure Corporation. All product names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. F-Secure Corporation disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Although F-Secure Corporation makes every effort to ensure that this information is accurate, F-Secure Corporation will not be liable for any errors or omission of facts contained herein. [. . . ] In the Installation Editor, the administrator selects the products to be installed on the currently selected host or policy domain. Figure 5-19 Installation Editor The Installation Editor contains the following information about the products that are installed on your target policy domain or host: Product Name Name of the product, which is either installed on a host or domain, or which can be installed with an available installation package. If there are multiple versions of the product installed, all version numbers will be displayed. For hosts, this is always a single version number. Installed Version 114 Version to Install Version Being Installed Progress Version numbers of the available installation packages for the product. The `Progress' field displays information that is different for hosts and for domains. If a host is selected, the Progress field displays one of the following messages: In progress The installation operation has been started (added to policy data), but the host has not yet reported the operation's success or failure. Click the button in the Progress field for detailed status information. The Installed Version field displays the currently installed product version. Failed Completed (Empty field) CHAPTER 5 Using F-Secure Policy Manager Console If a domain is selected, the Progress field displays one of the following: <number> hosts left <number> installations failed. Click the button in the progress field for detailed status information. The Installed Version field displays all currently installed product versions. 115 Completed (Empty field) When all required version numbers are selected, click Start. The Installation Editor launches the Installation Wizard, which queries the user for the installation parameters. The Installation Editor then prepares a distribution installation package that is customized for the specific installation operation. The new package is saved on F-Secure Policy Manager Server. The Start button is used to start the installation operations selected in the Version to Install field. If the installation editor is closed without first clicking the Start button, then all changes will be discarded. Because the installation operation uses policy-based triggering, you must distribute new policy files. The policy file will contain an entry that tells the host to fetch the installation package and perform the installation. Note that it may take a considerable length of time to carry out an installation operation. This may happen if an affected host is not currently connected to the network, or if the active installation operation requires a user to restart his host before the installation is completed. If the hosts are connected to the network and they send and receive policy files correctly, then there could be a real problem. The host may not be correctly acknowledging the installation operation. In any case, it is possible to remove the installation operation from the policy by clicking Stop All. This will cancel the installation operations defined for the selected policy domain or host. It is possible to stop all installation tasks in the selected domain and all subdomains by selecting the Recursively cancel installation for subdomains and hosts option in the confirmation dialog. 116 The Stop All button is enabled only if the current host or domain has an installation operation defined. If a host has already polled the previous policy file, it may try to carry out the installation operation even though it is no longer visible in the Installation Editor. Remote Uninstallation Uninstallation can be performed as easily as an update. A distribution package is created that contains only the software needed to uninstall the product. [. . . ] Public Key The part of the key in a public key system which is widely distributed (and not kept secure). This key is used for encryption (not decryption) or for verifying signatures. A public key also contains other information about the subject, issuer, lifetimes, etc. Random Seed The seed value for the cryptographically strong random number generator, which is updated each time an F-Secure application closes. [. . . ]