ESET PROTECT components and architecture

To perform a complete deployment of the ESET security solutions portfolio, the following components must be installed:

•ESET PROTECT Server (controls the communication with client computers)

•ESET PROTECT Web Console (browser-based user interface for the ESET PROTECT Server)

•ESET Management Agent (deployed on client computers, communicates with ESET PROTECT Server)

The following supporting components are optional, we recommend that you install them for best performance of the application on the network:

•Apache HTTP Proxy

•RD Sensor (can detect unmanaged computers on the network)

Server

The ESET PROTECT Server is the application that processes all data received from clients that connect to the Server (through the ESET Management Agent).

Agent

The ESET Management Agent is an essential part of ESET PROTECT. Client computers do not communicate with the Server directly, rather the Agent facilitates this communication. The Agent collects information from the client and sends it to the ESET PROTECT Server. If the ESET PROTECT Server sends a task to the client, it is sent to the Agent which then sends this task to the ESET endpoint product running on the client.

Web Console

ESET PROTECT Web Console is a browser-based user interface that allows you to manage ESET security solutions in your environment. It displays an overview of the status of clients on your network and can be used to deploy ESET solutions to unmanaged computers remotely. If you choose to make the web server accessible from the internet, you can use ESET PROTECT from virtually any place and device.

Apache HTTP Proxy

Apache HTTP Proxy is a service that can be used in combination with ESET PROTECT 9 to distribute installation packages and updates to client computers. It acts as a transparent proxy, meaning it caches files that have already been downloaded to minimize internet traffic on your network.

Using Apache HTTP Proxy offers the following benefits:

•Downloads and caches the following:

oDetection engine updates

oActivation tasks, including communication with activation servers and caching of license requests

oESET PROTECT repository data

oProduct component updates—Apache proxy caches and distributes updates to endpoint clients on your network.

•Minimized internet traffic on your network.

Rogue Detection Sensor

Rogue Detection Sensor (RD Sensor) searches your network for computers not registered in ESET PROTECT. This component can locate new computers and add them in ESET PROTECT automatically.

Newly discovered machines are listed in a pre-defined report, making it easy to deploy ESET Management Agent to them, assign them to specific static groups and manage them via tasks and policies.