Agent prerequisites

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Agent prerequisites

All the specialized components of EtherSensor Agent run on workstations with the following system requirements:

▪OS (Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 2012, Windows 10) 32/64 bits.

▪At least 10 MB of free disk space.

▪Requirements for third party ISTs must be followed.

Interacting with third party ISTs

Stable operation of EtherSensor Agent requires compatibility with third party information security tools (ISTs) and other infrastructure components:

▪EtherSensor Agent is installed in the C:\Program Files\Microolap EtherSensor Agent directory by default. It can also be installed in other directories specified by the administrator. The installation directory of EtherSensor Agent contains other work directories. This path and all its subdirectories should be excluded from monitoring by such tools as antivirus software, search indexers and file change monitoring tools. Such software must not lock files in this directory or its subdirectories from creation, removal, moving or modification.

▪EtherSensor Agent contains the ethersensor_agent.exe service, which must be allowed to run and to operate with local system privileges.

▪The EtherSensor Agent service must be able to use the UDP and TCP protocols to communicate with the remote server. ISTs must not monitor, modify or restrict connections to the server to which EtherSensor Agent sends data. Similarly, ISTs must not prevent the EtherSensor Agent service from opening connections to ports used to send data to the Microolap EtherSensor server.

▪EtherSensor Agent requires registering Layered Service Provider of the ethersensor_lsp.dll module. Third party ISTs must not restrict registration of ethersensor_lsp.dll and its operation.

▪When the software is installed and operated the EtherSensor Agent processes use high-privileged calls. OS security policy must allow operations with drivers, process management and access to network interfaces for EtherSensor Agent.