Connecting To Icecap Manager - Internet Security Systems RealSecure User Manual

Chapter 4: Configuring RealSecure Desktop Protector

Connecting to ICEcap Manager

Introduction
Procedure
Testing your ICEcap
connection
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RealSecure Desktop Protector interacts with ICEcap Manager management and reporting
console to provide enterprise-wide security monitoring and management. If ICEcap
Manager application has granted local control, you can use the ICEcap tab to manually
configure how Desktop Protector reports intrusion information to an ICEcap server.
To configure the local Desktop Protector agent to report to ICEcap Manager and receive
updates from ICEcap Manager:
1. On the Main Menu, select Tools
2. Select the ICEcap tab.
3. Is Enable local configuration editing selected?
If yes, go to Step 4.
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If no, you cannot change any settings from the local agent. Contact your ICEcap
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administrator.
4. Select Reporting enabled.
5. In the URL text box, enter the fully qualified URL of the ICEcap server in the format
http://<ICEcap server name>:<HTTP event port number>
ICEcap Manager is on a server named ICECAP using event port 8082 (the default),
enter http://ICECAP:8082 . You can use the ICEcap server's IP address or DNS
name.
6. In the Account Name text box, enter ICEcap Manager account name to use when
uploading data. Refer to your ICEcap Manager documentation for more information
about account names. The default account name is iceman.
7. In the Password text box, enter the current ICEcap Manager event password. This is
the password that Desktop Protector uses to authenticate itself when it reports events
to the ICEcap server.
8. In the Group Name text box, specify ICEcap Manager group to which this Desktop
Protector installation is assigned.
This group must be created beforehand in ICEcap Manager and must have the
Note:
correct configuration settings to report properly. See the RealSecure ICEcap Manager
User Guide for more information about groups and group name precedence settings.
9. In the Proxy URL text box, enter the fully qualified URL for the proxy server, if any. If
you are not using a proxy server, leave this field blank.
10. Click OK.
To see if your local agent can communicate with the ICEcap server:
1. On the Main Menu, select Tools
2. Select the ICEcap tab.
3. Click Test.
Desktop Protector sends a proactive heartbeat to the ICEcap server and ICEcap
Manager updates the local agent's settings.
4. One of four messages appears in the Last Status text box:
Edit BlackICE Settings.
Edit BlackICE Settings.
. For example, if