Managing the Centralized Protection

You can connect Dr.Web for UNIX File Servers to the centralized protection server or switch back to the standalone mode, thereby disconnecting the product from the centralized protection server. To open the page where you can manage centralized protection, chose the item called Centralized protection from the settings menu on the Settings page.

To connect Dr.Web for UNIX File Servers to the centralized protection server or to disconnect from it, use the corresponding check box on this page.

Connection to the Centralized Protection Server

At an attempt to connect to the centralized protection server a pop-up window will appear on the screen; in this window you need to specify the parameters for connecting to the centralized protection server.

Figure 6. Connection to the centralized protection server

In the drop-down list located at the top of the window chose one of the methods for connecting to the centralized protection server. Three methods are available:

•Load from file

•Set manually

•Detect automatically

If you select the Load from file option, then in the corresponding field of this window you will also need to specify a path to a file that contains connection settings. The file is provided by the anti-virus network administrator. If you select the Set manually option, you will need to specify the address and the port of the centralized protection server. For the Set manually or Detect automatically options, you can also specify the path to the file containing the server public key (provided by your network administrator or internet service provider).

Additionally, in the Authentication (optional) section you can specify your workstation identifier and password for authentication on the centralized protection server if you know them. If these fields are filled in, then your connection to the centralized protection server will succeed only if a correct identifier/password pair was entered. If you leave these fields empty, connection to the centralized protection server is established only if it is approved by the centralized protection server (either automatically or by the anti-virus network administrator, depending on the server settings).

Moreover, you can use the Connect the workstation as "newbie" option (to connect as a new user). In this case, if the Newbie mode is allowed on the centralized protection server for connections from workstations, then the centralized protection server, after approving this connection, automatically generates a unique identifier/password pair, which will be from this time on used for connecting your computer to the server. Note that in this mode the centralized protection server generates a new account for your workstation even if your workstation already has another account on the server.

To connect to the server, specify all of the parameters, click Connect and wait for connection to be established. To close the window without establishing a server connection, click Cancel.