Components andwhat they do

McAfeeVulnerability Manager consists of components that work together to monitor yoursystems.

Enterprise manager – Uses Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to provideauthorized users with access to McAfee Vulnerability Manager through their webbrowsers. It allows them to manage and run the product from anywhere on thenetwork. Access is protected by user identification and authentication. Set upSecure Socket Layers (SSL) through the web server to provide encryptedcommunication to browsers.

通过IIS提供认证登录，SSL。

Scan engine – Scans the network environment. Depending on the logistics and size ofyour network, you might need more than one scan engine to scan the network.

扫描器，应该包含了FSL Script.

Scan controller – Provides the communication between the scan engine and the database.Most network environments only need one scan controller. For a large network(class A) or segmented network (WAN), use multiple scan controllers.

提供数据库和扫描引擎之间的通信，中间人。

Database – The data repository for the product. It uses Microsoft SQL Server tostore everything from scan settings and results to user accounts and scanengine settings. It contains all of the information needed to trackorganizations and workgroups, manage users and groups, run scans, and generatereports.

存储扫描设置，扫描结果，用户帐号，扫描引擎设置…..

API server – Provides the communication between the enterprise manager and thedatabase.

提供数据库和企业管理器之间的通信，中间人。

Notification service – Provides SNMP and email (SMTP) notificationmessages for integration with third-party help desk management systems andemail servers.

提供SNMP和SMTP通知服务。

Data synchronization service – Gathers information fromMcAfee ePO databases, LDAP servers, and other McAfee Vulnerability Manager 7.5databases. For McAfee ePO databases, it provides data to the product for hostand OS identification. For LDAP servers, it provides assets you can add to scanconfigurations. For other McAfee Vulnerability Manager databases, it providesscan data.

从其他数据库，LDAP ，ePO 获得数据，然后保存到自己的数据库。

Report engine – Generates scan-based and asset-based reports.

根据数据生成报表。

Configuration manager – Distributes initial certificates to the otherproduct components and manages the updates to the product components.

各组件的注册和升级管理

Web application scanner – Provides a scan configuration, vulnerabilitychecks, and scan reports for web applications. The web application scanner is amodule that must be purchased.

用于web扫描的组件

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