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Signed content, Actions, Policy Manager, View Settings, Activation, Enable, On-Access

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McAfee® GroupShield™ 7.0 User Guide Policy Manager 10 Scanners and filters 5 In Actions, view the action that will be taken when encrypted content is detected. To change those actions, click the Edit link. Primary and secondary filtering actions for encrypted content is the same as those of protected content. Refer to Primary and secondary filtering actions for protected Note content on page 137. Signed content Whenever information is transferred/uploaded electronically, it can accidentally or willfully be altered. To overcome this, some software use a digital signature - the electronic form of a handwritten signature. A digital signature is extra information added to an email message that identifies and authenticates the information in that email. It is encrypted and acts like a unique summary of the information that is signed with a message digest in the email message. If the email message contains a virus, bad content or is too large, the software might clean or remove some part of the message. The email is still valid, and can be read, but the original digital signature is 'broken'. You cannot rely on the contents of the email because the contents might also have been altered in other ways. Signed content policy specifies how email messages with digital signatures are handled. 1 From Policy Manager, select a submenu item. The policy page for the submenu item appears. 2 Choose a desired policy. 3 Click Signed Content. The View Settings tab for the signed content filter appears. 4 In Activation, select or deselect Enable to enable or disable the signed content filter settings for the policy. 5 In Actions, view the action that will be taken when signed content is detected. To change those actions, click the Edit link. For more information on editing the actions that will be taken when a signed content is detected, refer to Primary and secondary filtering actions for signed content on Note page 139 Primary and secondary filtering actions for signed content Primary actions for On-Access scan include: „ Replace detected item with an alert - to replace the detected item with an alert message. 139

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McAfee
®
GroupShield
™
7.0 User Guide
Policy Manager
Scanners and filters
10
5
In
Actions
, view the action that will be taken when encrypted content is detected. To
change those actions, click the
Edit
link.
Signed content
Whenever information is transferred/uploaded electronically, it can accidentally or
willfully be altered. To overcome this, some software use a digital signature - the
electronic form of a handwritten signature.
A digital signature is extra information added to an email message that identifies and
authenticates the information in that email. It is encrypted and acts like a unique
summary of the information that is signed with a message digest in the email message.
If the email message contains a virus, bad content or is too large, the software might
clean or remove some part of the message. The email is still valid, and can be read, but
the original digital signature is 'broken'. You cannot rely on the contents of the email
because the contents might also have been altered in other ways. Signed content
policy specifies how email messages with digital signatures are handled.
1
From
Policy Manager
, select a submenu item. The policy page for the submenu item
appears.
2
Choose a desired policy.
3
Click
Signed Content
. The
View Settings
tab for the signed content filter appears.
4
In
Activation
, select or deselect
Enable
to enable or disable the signed content filter
settings for the policy.
5
In
Actions
, view the action that will be taken when signed content is detected. To
change those actions, click the
Edit
link.
Primary and secondary filtering actions for signed content
Primary actions for
On-Access
scan include:
Replace detected item with an alert
— to replace the detected item with an alert
message.
Note
Primary and secondary filtering actions for encrypted content is the same as those of
protected content. Refer to
Primary and secondary filtering actions for protected
content
on page 137
.
Note
For more information on editing the actions that will be taken when a signed content is
detected, refer to
Primary and secondary filtering actions for signed content
on
page 139