Securing Your Network With Secure Sockets Layer (Ssl) Security - Lenovo ThinkPad G40 Administrator's Manual

Securing your network with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security

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account password is required. If you mark this option, type information in
the Minimum Windows password length and Maximum Windows
password age fields.
v Required antivirus application*: Mark this check box if you want the
System Information Center program to check and verify that the required
antivirus application is installed on all client computers each time the asset
is revised. Type the name of the application in the Application field and the
version number in the Version field of the required antivirus application
(must appear in Windows Control Panel Add/Remove Programs list).
Note: In the event that more than one antivirus program is used in your
enterprise, you can modify the ISIC.PROPERTIES file to check computer
assets for more than one antivirus program. For more information about
modifying the ISIC.PROPERTIES file, see "Working with the
ISIC.PROPERTIES file" on page 37.
v Required firewall application*: Mark this check box if you want the
System Information Center program to check and verify that the required
firewall application is installed on all client computers each time the asset is
revised. Type the name of the application in the Application field and the
version number in the Version field of the required firewall application
(must appear in Windows Control Panel Add/Remove Programs list).
Note: In the event that more than one firewall application is used in your
enterprise, you can modify the ISIC.PROPERTIES file to check computer
assets for more than one firewall application. For more information about
modifying the ISIC.PROPERTIES file, see "Working with the
ISIC.PROPERTIES file" on page 37.
14. Click Next. The Ready to Install window opens.
15. Click Next. The Setup Status window opens and the progress indicator
displays the progress of the setup. After completing, the "Restart required to
complete installation" window opens.
16. Mark an option button to restart your computer now or restart later. Click
Finish.
17. If you have chosen to restart your computer, close any open programs and
remove any disks from their drives; your computer will shut down and
restart.
This concludes the installation of the System Information Center program on a
server.
Note: After you install the System Information Center program, the first user
account you will create will be the Administrator account. Once you have created
that account, you can manually add a User account or change the authority of a
User account. A User can create their own account by registering assets. For more
information, see "Creating accounts" on page 22.
In most cases, you do not need SSL. However, if your clients communicate with
the server using the Internet and are not protected by a firewall, the
communication will require encryption. You will need to:
1. Modify the ISIC.PROPERTIES file by replacing all occurrences of HTTP:// with
HTTPS://. (For more information, see Appendix A, "Modifying the
ISIC.PROPERTIES file," on page 51.)