Sophos Enterprise Console

quick startup guide

Product version: 5.2

Document date: May 2013
Contents

1 About this guide........................................................................................................................................3

2 What do I install?......................................................................................................................................4

3 What are the key steps?.............................................................................................................................4

4 Download the Enterprise Console installer.............................................................................................5

5 Check the system requirements................................................................................................................6

6 The accounts you need.............................................................................................................................7

7 Prepare for installation.............................................................................................................................8

8 Install Enterprise Console ........................................................................................................................9

9 Enhance database security......................................................................................................................10

10 Download protection and encryption software..................................................................................10

11 Create computer groups.......................................................................................................................11

12 Set up security policies.........................................................................................................................12

13 Search for computers............................................................................................................................13

14 Prepare to protect computers...............................................................................................................13

15 Protect computers.................................................................................................................................14

16 Set up encryption software on computers ..........................................................................................16

17 Check the health of your network........................................................................................................21

18 Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................22

19 Get help with common tasks................................................................................................................22

20 Technical support..................................................................................................................................23

21 Legal notices..........................................................................................................................................23

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1 About this guide

This guide tells you how to protect your network with Sophos security software.
The guide is for you if:
■ You are installing the software for the first time.
■ You are installing the protection and encryption features (encryption is optional).
If you are upgrading, see the Sophos Enterprise Console upgrade guide instead.
If you want to install Sophos NAC as well, see the Sophos Enterprise Console quick startup guide:
with NAC instead.
Other documents you might need
If you have a very large network, you may want to consider the installation options in the Sophos
Enterprise Console advanced startup guide.
If you currently use Sophos encryption software that is not managed from Enterprise Console,
see the upgrade advice in the Sophos Disk Encryption License migration guide.
Sophos documentation is published at http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/documentation.aspx.

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2 What do I install?
To protect your network, you install:
■ Sophos Enterprise Console on your server. This enables you to install and manage Sophos
security software.
■ Sophos protection software on your endpoint computers. This protects the computers against
threats and sends alerts to Enterprise Console.
■ Sophos encryption software on your endpoint computers (if your license includes it).

Standalone,
off-site computers

Checking for
updates

Management server Group 1

SOPHOS

Management/Reporting
Checking for
updates

Checking for Group 2

updates
SEC management console
SEC management server
SEC databases
Sophos Update Manager
Update share (Endpoint
Management/Reporting
software)

On-site endpoint computers

(Windows, OS X, Linux, UNIX)

3 What are the key steps?

You carry out these key steps:
■ Download the Enterprise Console installer.

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■ Check the system requirements.

■ Create the accounts you need.
■ Prepare for installation.
■ Install Enterprise Console.
■ Download protection and encryption software.
■ Create computer groups.
■ Set up security policies.
■ Search for computers.
■ Prepare to protect computers.
■ Protect computers.
■ Set up encryption on computers, if your license includes it.
■ Check the health of your network.

4 Download the Enterprise Console installer

■ If you have a Sophos license

The following steps assume that you have a MySophos account and that you have associated your
license credentials with it. If you need help, go to
www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/111195.aspx.

1. Go to www.sophos.com/en-us/support/downloads/.
2. Type your MySophos username and password.
You see a webpage that shows your license or licenses.

3. Under your license name, find the Console downloads. You should download the Enterprise
Console installer.

■ If you want to evaluate Enterprise Console

1. Go to http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-trials/endpoint-protection.aspx.
2. Complete the registration form.
After you submit the registration form, your evaluation credentials will be displayed. The
credentials will also be sent to the email address you entered in the registration form. You will
need them when setting up Enterprise Console.
3. Click Download now and download the Enterprise Console installer.

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5 Check the system requirements

Check the hardware, operating system and system software requirements before you begin
installation.
Tip: You can run the Enterprise Console installer to check if the server meets the requirements
for the installation, even if you do not want to proceed with the installation immediately. You can
view the results of the system check on the System Property Checks page of the installation wizard.
After you have reviewed the results, click Cancel to close the wizard. For more information about
the system check results, go to http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/113945.aspx.

5.1 Hardware and operating system

For hardware and operating system requirements, see the system requirements page of the Sophos
website (http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/all-system-requirements.aspx).

5.2 Microsoft system software

Enterprise Console requires certain Microsoft system software (for example, database software).
The Enterprise Console installer attempts to install this system software if it is not already available
on your server. However, in some cases, software is incompatible with your server or needs to be
installed manually.
Whichever installer you use, read the advice below.
Note: After you install the required system software, you may need to restart your computers.
For more information, go to www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/65190.aspx.

SQL Server installation

The installer attempts to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1),
unless you choose to use an existing instance of SQL Server 2005 Express or later. Note that:
■ We recommend that you do not install SQL Server on a domain controller.
■ SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is not compatible with Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows
Essential Business Server 2008.
■ On Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter, you must raise the domain functional level to Windows
Server 2003, as explained at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322692.

.NET Framework installation

The installer attempts to install .NET Framework 4.0, unless it is already installed. Note that:
■ As part of the .NET Framework 4.0 installation some system services (such as IIS Admin Service)
may restart.

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After .NET Framework 4.0 is installed, you may receive a message asking you to restart your
computer. If you do, we recommend that you restart the computer immediately or shortly after
the installation.

Microsoft Message Queuing installation

The installer attempts to install Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), unless it is already installed.
Note that:
■ During MSMQ installation, the following services are stopped: MSDTC, MSSQLServer,
SQLSERVERAGENT. This interrupts access to the default SQL Server database.
You should ensure that the services can safely be stopped during installation. You should also
check that they have restarted afterwards.

5.3 Port requirements

Enterprise Console requires certain ports to be open. For more information, go to
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/38385.aspx.

6 The accounts you need

Before you install Sophos software, you should create the user accounts you need:
■ Database account. This is a Windows user account that enables Enterprise Console's
management service to connect to the database. It is also used by other Sophos services.
We recommend that you name the database account SophosManagement.

■ Update Manager account. This is a Windows user account that enables your endpoint
computers to access the folders where Enterprise Console puts software updates.
We recommend that that you name the Update Manager account SophosUpdateMgr.

6.1 Database account

The database account should:
■ Be able to log onto the computer where you are going to install the Sophos Management Server
(a component of Enterprise Console).
■ Be able to read and write to the system temporary directory e.g. "\windows\temp\". By default
members of "Users" have this right.
■ Have a UPN (User Principal Name) associated with the account if it is a domain account.
All other rights and group memberships that it needs are granted automatically during installation.

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Sophos recommends that the account:

■ Is not set to expire and does not have any other logon restriction.
■ Is not an administrative account.
■ Is not changed after installation.
■ Is named SophosManagement.
For recommendations and step-by-step instructions, go to
www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/113954.aspx.

6.2 Update Manager account

The Update Manager account should have Read access to the folder where Enterprise Console
puts software updates. By default this is: \\[servername]\SophosUpdate
Sophos recommends that the account:
■ Is not set to expire and does not have any other logon restriction.
■ Is not an administrative account.
■ Has a UPN (User Principal Name) associated with the account if it is a domain account.
■ Is named SophosUpdateMgr.
For recommendations and step-by-step instructions, go to
www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/113954.aspx.

7 Prepare for installation

Prepare for installation as follows:
■ Ensure that you are connected to the internet.
■ Ensure that you have the Windows operating system CD and Service Pack CDs. You may be
prompted for them during installation.
■ If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on the server, turn off UAC and restart the server.
Note: You can turn UAC on again after you have completed the installation and downloaded
your security software.

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8 Install Enterprise Console

To install Enterprise Console:

1. At the computer where you want to install Enterprise Console, log on as an administrator:
■ If the server is in a domain, use a domain account that has local administrator rights.
■ If the server is in a workgroup, use a local account that has local administrator rights.

2. Find the Enterprise Console installer that you downloaded earlier.

3. Double-click the installer.
4. When you are prompted, click Install.
The installation files are copied to the computer and a wizard starts.

5. The wizard guides you through installation. You should do as follows:

a) Accept the defaults wherever possible.
b) On the Components Selection page, ensure that all the components are selected.
c) On the System Property Checks page, review the system check results and take action if
necessary. For more information about the system check results, go to
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/113945.aspx.
d) On the Database Details page, enter the details of the database account you created in
Database account (section 6.1).
e) On the Sophos Update Manager Credentials page, enter the details of the Update Manager
account you created in Update Manager account (section 6.2).
f) On the Manage Encryption page, click Manage Encryption, if you want to use Enterprise
Console to manage encryption.
Note: If you click Do not manage encryption or if you have SafeGuard Enterprise installed
on this computer, there are no further installation options. Go straight to step 6.

g) On the Sophos Encryption page, click New installations if you do not have an earlier
version of Sophos Disk Encryption installed on the network. You are prompted for the
password for the certificates backup store. Make a note of the password.

6. When installation is complete, you may be prompted to restart. Click Yes or Finish.

Important: The Sophos Auditing database, SophosSecurity, must be present and running side
by side with the other Enterprise Console databases, even if you don't intend to use the Sophos
Auditing feature. This is because the database is used for enhanced access control as well as for
logging audit events.

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9 Enhance database security

Audit the database
In addition to the protection built into the Enterprise Console databases, we recommend setting
additional protection at the SQL Server instance level (if not already in place) to audit user activities
and changes on your SQL Server.
For example, if you are using an Enterprise edition of SQL Server 2008, you can use the SQL Server
Audit feature. Earlier versions of SQL Server support login auditing, trigger-based auditing, and
event auditing by using a built-in trace facility.
For more information about features that you can use for auditing activities and changes on your
SQL Server system, see the documentation for your version of SQL Server. For example:
■ SQL Server Audit (Database Engine), SQL Server 2012
■ Auditing (Database Engine), SQL Server 2008 R2
■ Auditing in SQL Server 2008
■ Auditing (Database Engine), SQL Server 2008

Encrypt connections to the database

We strongly recommend that you encrypt connections between any clients and the Enterprise
Console databases. For more information, see the SQL Server documentation:
■ Enable Encrypted Connections to the Database Engine (SQL Server Configuration Manager), SQL
Server 2012
■ Encrypting Connections to SQL Server 2008 R2
■ How to enable SSL encryption for an instance of SQL Server by using Microsoft Management
Console, SQL Server 2005

Control access to the database backups

Ensure proper, restrictive access control to any database backups or copies. This will ensure that
unauthorized users cannot access the files, tamper with them, or accidentally delete them.
Note: The links in this section lead to information maintained by third parties and are provided
for your convenience. Although we try to review the accuracy of the links periodically, the links
may change without our knowledge.

10 Download protection and encryption software

When you log back on (or restart) for the first time after installation, Enterprise Console opens
automatically and a wizard runs.

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Note: If you used Remote Desktop for installation, the console does not open automatically. Open
it from the Start menu.
The wizard guides you through selecting and downloading protection software. You should do
as follows:

1. On the Sophos download account details page, enter the username and password printed on
your license schedule or your evaluation credentials. If you access the internet via a proxy
server, select the Access Sophos via a proxy server check box and enter the proxy details.
2. On the Platform selection page, select only the platforms you need to protect now.
3. If your license includes encryption, on the Software type page, select Encryption if you want
to download it now.
When you click Next, Enterprise Console begins downloading your software.

4. On the Downloading software page, downloading progress is displayed. Click Next at any
time.
5. On the Import computers from Active Directory page, select Set up groups for your computers
if you want Enterprise Console to use your existing Active Directory computer groups.

Note: For information about protecting Windows 8 computers, go to

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118261.aspx.
If you turned off User Account Control before installation, you can now turn it on again.

11 Create computer groups

If you used the Download Security Software Wizard to set up your computer groups (based on
your Active Directory groups), skip this section. Go to Set up security policies (section 12).
Before you can protect and manage computers, you need to create groups for them.

1. If Enterprise Console is not already open, open it.

2. In the Groups pane (on the left-hand side of the console), ensure that the server name shown
at the top is selected.
3. On the toolbar, click the Create group icon.
A "New Group" is added to the list, with its name highlighted.

4. Type a name for the group.

To create further groups, go to the left-hand pane. Select the server shown at the top if you want
another top-level group. Select a group if you want a sub-group within it. Then create and name
the group as before.

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12 Set up security policies

Enterprise Console applies “default” security policies to your computer groups. You do not have
to change these policies unless you want to, with these exceptions:
■ If you want to use Sophos Client Firewall, we recommend that you set up the firewall policy
before deploying the firewall to computers.
■ You must edit the application control, device control, patch or web control policies if you want
to use these features. You can do this any time.
■ By default, full disk encryption is not enabled after installation on computers. You must edit
the full disk encryption policy to encrypt drives on computers. You can edit this any time. By
default, Power-on Authentication is enabled.
You must edit this policy to give administrators access to computers for further installation or
verification tasks. You must configure this before installing full disk encryption, see Give
administrators access to computers after installation (section 16.2.1).
Note: We recommend that for a first-time installation, you configure encryption by enabling
and testing each setting step-by-step.

12.1 Set up a firewall policy

Note: During the installation of firewall, there will be a temporary disconnection of network
adapters. The interruption may cause the disconnection of networked applications, such as Remote
Desktop.
By default, the firewall blocks all non-essential connections. Therefore you must configure the
firewall before you protect your computers.

1. In the Policies pane, right-click Firewall, and click Create Policy.

A New Policy is added to the list, with its name highlighted. Type the name that you want to
use for the policy.

2. Double-click the policy to edit it.

A wizard is launched.

3. In the Firewall Policy Wizard we recommend that you make the following selections.
a) On the Configure firewall page, select Single location unless you want the firewall to use
different settings according to the location where you use it.
b) On the Operational Mode page, select Block inbound and allow outbound traffic.
c) On the File and print sharing page, select Allow file and print sharing.

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13 Search for computers

If you used the Download Security Software Wizard to set up your computer groups (based on
your Active Directory groups), skip this section. Go to Prepare to protect computers (section 14).
You must search for computers on the network before Enterprise Console can protect and manage
them.

1. Click the Discover computers icon in the toolbar.

2. Select the method you want to use to search for computers.
3. Enter account details if necessary and specify where you want to search.

If you use one of the Discover options, the computers are placed in the Unassigned group.

14 Prepare to protect computers

Before you protect computers, you must prepare them as follows:
■ Prepare for removal of third-party security software.
■ Check that you have an account that can be used to install software.
■ Prepare for installation of anti-virus software.

14.1 Prepare for removal of third-party security software

If you want the Sophos installer to remove any previously installed security software, do the
following:
■ If computers are running another vendor's anti-virus software, ensure that its user interface is
closed.
■ If computers are running another vendor's firewall or HIPS product, ensure that it is turned
off or configured to allow the Sophos installer to run.
If computers are running another vendor's update tool, you may want to remove it. See "Remove
third-party security software" in the "Protecting computers" section of the Enterprise Console
Help.

14.2 Check that you have an account that can be used to install software
You will be prompted to enter details of a Windows user account that can be used to install security
software. This is typically a domain administrator account. It must:
■ Have local administrator rights on computers you want to protect.

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■ Be able to log on to the computer where you installed Enterprise Console.

■ Have read access to the location that computers will update from. To check this location, in
the Policies pane, double-click Updating, and then double-click Default.

14.3 Prepare for installation of anti-virus software

You may need to prepare computers prior to installation of anti-virus software. Check the following
knowledgebase articles for advice:
■ If you use Active Directory, see www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/116754.aspx.
■ If you use workgroups, see www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/116755.aspx.

15 Protect computers
This section tells you how to:
■ Protect Windows computers automatically.
■ Protect Windows computers or Macs manually.
■ Protect Linux computers (if your license includes this).
You can also use your own tools or scripts for installing protection on Windows computers. For
details, go to www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/114191.aspx.

15.1 Protect Windows computers automatically

To protect computers:

1. Select the computers you want to protect.

2. Right-click and select Protect computers.
Note: If computers are in the Unassigned group, simply drag them to your chosen groups.

3. A wizard guides you through the installation of Sophos security software. You should do as
follows:
a) On the Welcome page, click Next.
b) On the Installation Type page, leave the option Protection software selected.
c) On the Select features page, you can choose to install optional features.

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The current version of the firewall (included with Endpoint Security and Control 10.2 or
earlier) cannot be installed on Windows 8 computers.

d) On the Protection summary page, check for any installation problems. For help, see
Troubleshooting (section 18).
e) On the Credentials page, enter details of a Windows user account that can be used to install
software on computers.

Installation is staggered, so that the process may not be complete on all the computers for some
time.
When installation is complete, look at the list of computers again. In the On-access column, the
word Active indicates that the computer is running on-access virus scanning.

15.2 Protect Windows computers or Macs manually

15.2.1 Locate the installers

If you have computers that you cannot protect from Enterprise Console, you can protect them
by running an installer from the shared folder to which the security software has been downloaded.
This folder is known as the bootstrap location.
To locate the installers:

1. In Enterprise Console, on the View menu, click Bootstrap Locations.

A list of locations is displayed.

2. Make a note of the location for each operating system you want to protect.

15.2.2 Protect Windows computers manually

You must use an administrator account on the computers that you want to protect.

1. At each computer that you want to protect, browse to the bootstrap location, find setup.exe
and double-click it.
2. In the Sophos Setup dialog box, in the User account details, enter details of the Update Manager
account, SophosUpdateMgr, that you created to access the share where Enterprise Console
puts software updates. You did this in Update Manager account (section 6.2).
Tip: You can also use any low-privilege account that can access the bootstrap location.
Enterprise Console will apply an updating policy that includes the right user account details
later.

Note: For information about command line parameters for the setup.exe file, see
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/12570.aspx.

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15.2.3 Protect Macs

You must use an administrator account on the Macs that you want to protect.

1. At each Mac that you want to protect, browse to the bootstrap location, copy Sophos
Anti-Virus.mpkg to the Mac OS X desktop and double-click it.
A wizard guides you through installation.
2. Accept the default options. When prompted, enter the details of a user account that can install
software on the Mac.

15.3 Protect Linux computers

For details of how to protect Linux computers (if your license permits this), see the Enterprise
Console startup guide for Linux, NetWare and UNIX.

16 Set up encryption software on computers

Read this section if your license includes encryption and if you have installed Enterprise Console
to manage encryption.
Warning: If you are installing the Sophos encryption software for the first time, we strongly
recommend that you enable and test each setting step-by-step.
To set up full disk encryption on computers you:
■ Subscribe to encryption software.
■ Prepare to install encryption software.
■ Install encryption software automatically or, if necessary, manually.
Note: Full disk encryption can currently be installed only on Windows XP (32-bit), Windows
Vista and Windows 7 computers.
Warning: Before you install full disk encryption on computers, you must:
■ Make sure that drives encrypted with third-party encryption software have been decrypted and
that the third-party encryption software is uninstalled.
■ Create a full backup of the data on computers.
For a complete list of preparations, see Prepare to install encryption software (section 16.2).

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16.1 Subscribe to encryption software

If you haven't already subscribed to and downloaded the encryption software using the Download
Security Software Wizard, add the encryption software to your software subscription.

1. In Enterprise Console, on the View menu, click Update Managers.

2. In the Software Subscriptions pane, double-click the subscription you want to edit (for example,
"Recommended").
3. Under Encryption Products, select the Windows XP and above check box, click in the Version
box, and select the latest "Recommended" version (version 5.61 at the time of this release).
Click OK.

The encryption software is downloaded to the default share

\\<server_name>\SophosUpdate\CIDs\<subscription>\ENCRYPTION.
Note: You cannot have the encryption software installed by applying update polices to a group
of computers. You need to trigger the installation of the encryption software yourself.

16.2 Prepare to install encryption software

Preparing computers for encryption involves the following tasks:
■ Give administrators access to computers after installation.
■ Prepare computers for installation.

16.2.1 Give administrators access to computers after installation

Administrators might need to access and pre-configure computers after you have installed
encryption software, for example to install other software. However, the first user who logs on
after installation activates Power-on Authentication. To avoid this, add the respective administrators
to a list of exceptions, as follows:

1. In Enterprise Console, in the Policies pane, double-click Full disk encryption. Double-click
the Default policy to edit it.
2. Under Power-on Authentication (POA) click Exceptions next to Enable Power-on
Authentication.
3. In Exceptions, click Add, enter the User name and the Computer or domain name of the
relevant Windows account(s) and click OK.
You can use wildcards as the first or last character. In the User name field, the ? character is
not allowed. In the Computer or Domain Name field, the characters / \ [ ] : ; | = , + ? < > " are
not allowed.
4. In the Default policy dialog, click OK.

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5. In the Policies pane, select the policy and drag it onto the group to which you want to apply
the policy. When prompted, confirm that you want to continue.

16.2.2 Prepare computers for installation

If your license includes full disk encryption, you must do the following before you install encryption
software on computers:
■ Make sure that drives encrypted with third-party encryption software have been decrypted and
that the third-party encryption software is uninstalled.
■ Create a full backup of the data.

■ Check if a Windows user account with credentials is set up and active for the user on the
endpoint computer.

■ Make sure that the computer has already been protected with Sophos anti-virus software version
10 before you deploy full disk encryption.

■ Uninstall third-party boot managers, such as PROnetworks Boot Pro and Boot-US.

■ Check the hard disk(s) for errors with this command:

chkdsk %drive% /F /V /X
You might be prompted to restart the computer and run chkdsk again. For further
information, see: http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/107081.aspx.
You can check the results (log file) in the Windows Event Viewer:

Windows XP: Select Application, Winlogon.

Windows 7, Windows Vista: Select Windows Logs, Application, Wininit.

■ Use the Windows built-in defrag tool to locate and consolidate fragmented boot files, data
files, and folders on local drives:
defrag %drive%
For further information, see: http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/109226.aspx.

■ If you have used an imaging/cloning tool on the computer, clean the master boot record (MBR).
Start the computer from a Windows DVD and use the command FIXMBR within the Windows
Recovery Console. For further information, see:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/108088.aspx.

■ If the boot partition on the computer has been converted from FAT to NTFS, and the computer
has not been restarted since then, restart the computer. If you do not do this, the installation
may not complete successfully.

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■ Open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, using the Administrative Tools item in
Control Panel. Ensure that Inbound connections are allowed. Change the Inbound rules to
enable the processes below:

Remote Administration (NP-In) Domain

Remote Administration (NP-In) Private
Remote Administration (RPC) Domain
Remote Administration (RPC) Private
Remote Administration (RPC-EPMAP) Domain
Remote Administration (RPC-EPMAP) Private

When installation is complete and you want to continue using Windows Firewall, you may
disables the process again.

16.3 Install encryption software automatically

Warning: If you are installing the Sophos encryption software for the first time, we strongly
recommend that you enable and test each setting step-by-step.
Make sure that the endpoints have been prepared for full disk encryption installation, in particular
that third-party encryption software has been uninstalled, all data has been backed up and that
Sophos anti-virus software version 10 has been installed.
To install encryption software automatically:

1. In Enterprise Console, select the computers on which you want to install full disk encryption.
2. Right-click the computers, and then click Protect computers. The Protect Computers Wizard
is launched.
3. On the Welcome page, click Next.
4. On the Installation Type page, select Encryption software.
5. If there is more than one encryption subscription and installer location (bootstrap location)
available, the Encryption location page is displayed. Select the Encryption subscription and
Address to install from.
6. On the Encryption summary page, check for any installation problems.
7. On the Credentials page, enter details of an account that can be used to install software on
computers.

Installation is staggered, so the process may not be complete on all the computers for some time.
The installation of encryption will cause computers to restart automatically within about 30
minutes after installation of the encryption software. If encryption is enabled by policy, it will only
take place after the computer's restart.
For further information on the start behaviour of the computer and first logon after installation
and activation of encryption, see First logon after installation (section 16.5).

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16.4 Install encryption software manually

Warning: If you are installing the Sophos encryption software for the first time, we strongly
recommend that you enable and test each setting step-by-step.
If you have computers that you cannot protect automatically, protect them by running an installer
from the shared folder to which the encryption software has been downloaded. This shared folder
is known as the bootstrap location.
Make sure that the endpoints have been prepared for full disk encryption installation, in particular
that third-party encryption software has been uninstalled, all data has been backed up and that
Sophos anti-virus software version 10 has been installed.
During the installation of full disk encryption, make sure that only one user session is active on
the endpoint. If you do not do this, the installation will fail.
You must log on to the computers that you want to protect as a Windows administrator.
To install encryption software on computers manually:

1. In Enterprise Console, on the View menu, click Bootstrap locations.

A list of locations is displayed. Make a note of the location for each operating system you want
to protect.

2. At the computer that hosts the bootstrap location, create a read-only user account.
3. Go to each computer and log on with local administrator rights.
4. Locate the encryption setup program setup.exe in the bootstrap location and double-click it.
The encryption setup program can be found in the following location:
\\<ServerName>\SophosUpdate\CIDs\<Subscription>\ENCRYPTION
5. A wizard guides you through installation of the encryption software.

For further information on the start behaviour of the computer and first logon after installation
and activation of encryption, see First logon after installation (section 16.5).

16.5 First logon after installation

After encryption is installed, the computer restarts and the user is prompted to log on. The
computer's behavior depends on the kind of account the user logs on with:
■ log on as end user with normal Windows account.
■ log on for administrative tasks with Windows account that has been put on the list of exceptions.

Log on as end user with normal Windows account

The logon procedure only corresponds to the one described here if Power-on-Authentication and
encryption have been enabled in the full disk encryption policy.

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When the computer restarts, a number of messages (for example, the autologon screen) are
displayed. Then the Windows operating system starts. The user logs on to Windows with their
Windows credentials. The user is registered as a Sophos SafeGuard user on the computer.
Note: After successful registration, a tool tip confirming this is shown on the endpoint computer.
If enabled by policy, encryption starts on the selected drives. Encryption and decryption are
performed in the background without any user interaction. The user may continue working or
shut down the computer during the encryption process. No restart is required after encryption is
completed.
The next time the user starts the computer, Power-on Authentication is activated. From now on,
the user only has to enter their Windows credentials at the Power-on Authentication and is
automatically logged on to Windows.
Note: When starting the computer from hibernation, the user needs to enter their Windows
credentials at Power-on Authentication and at Windows.
For further information, see the Sophos Disk Encryption user help.

Log on for administrative tasks with Windows account that has been put on the list
of exceptions
The logon procedure only corresponds to the one described here if the user logs on with a Windows
account that has been put on a list of exceptions and Power-on-Authentication has been enabled
in the full disk encryption policy.
When the computer restarts, the Windows operating system starts. The Windows logon is displayed.
The user logs on with their credentials as previously defined in the full disk encryption policy. The
user is logged on to Windows as a guest user. Power-on Authentication is not activated. The
encryption process does not start. The user can carry out post-installation tasks as required.

17 Check the health of your network

To check the health of your network from Enterprise Console, do as follows.

1. On the menu bar, click the Dashboard icon (if the Dashboard is not already displayed).
The Dashboard shows you how many computers:
■ Have detected threats.
■ Are out of date.
■ Do not comply with policies.

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18 Troubleshooting
When you run the Protect computers wizard, installation of security software can fail for a number
of reasons:
■ Automatic installation is not possible on that operating system. Perform a manual installation.
See Protect Macs (section 15.2.3). For other operating systems (if your license permits you to
protect them), see the Sophos Enterprise Console startup guide for Linux, NetWare and UNIX.
■ Operating system could not be determined. This may be because you did not enter your
username in the format domain\username when finding computers.
■ The computers are running a firewall.
■ You have tried to install full disk encryption on computers where the required software such
as anti-virus has not yet been installed.

19 Get help with common tasks

This section tells you where you can find information on how to carry out common tasks.
SEC = Sophos Enterprise Console

Task Document

Protect standalone computers SEC 5.1 advanced startup guide:

"Protecting standalone computers"

Configure Enterprise Console policies Enterprise Console Help:

"Configuring policies"

Deal with alerts Enterprise Console Help:

"Dealing with alerts and errors"

Clean up computers Enterprise Console Help:

"Cleaning up computers"

Generate SEC reports Enterprise Console Help:

"Generating reports"

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20 Technical support
You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:
■ Visit the SophosTalk community at community.sophos.com/ and search for other users who are
experiencing the same problem.
■ Visit the Sophos support knowledgebase at www.sophos.com/en-us/support.aspx.
■ Download the product documentation at www.sophos.com/en-us/support/documentation/.
■ Send an email to [email protected], including your Sophos software version number(s),
operating system(s) and patch level(s), and the text of any error messages.

21 Legal notices
Copyright © 2009–2013 Sophos Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise unless you are either a valid licensee where the
documentation can be reproduced in accordance with the license terms or you otherwise have
the prior permission in writing of the copyright owner.
Sophos, Sophos Anti-Virus and SafeGuard are registered trademarks of Sophos Limited, Sophos
Group and Utimaco Safeware AG, as applicable. All other product and company names mentioned
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

ACE™, TAO™, CIAO™, and CoSMIC™

ACE1, TAO2, CIAO3, and CoSMIC4 (henceforth referred to as “DOC software”) are copyrighted
by Douglas C. Schmidt5 and his research group6 at Washington University7, University of
California8, Irvine, and Vanderbilt University9, Copyright © 1993–2005, all rights reserved.
Since DOC software is open-source, free software, you are free to use, modify, copy, and
distribute–perpetually and irrevocably–the DOC software source code and object code produced
from the source, as well as copy and distribute modified versions of this software. You must,
however, include this copyright statement along with code built using DOC software.
You can use DOC software in commercial and/or binary software releases and are under no
obligation to redistribute any of your source code that is built using DOC software. Note, however,
that you may not do anything to the DOC software code, such as copyrighting it yourself or
claiming authorship of the DOC software code, that will prevent DOC software from being
distributed freely using an open-source development model. You needn’t inform anyone that
you’re using DOC software in your software, though we encourage you to let us10 know so we can
promote your project in the DOC software success stories11.
DOC software is provided as is with no warranties of any kind, including the warranties of design,
merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement, or arising from a course

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of dealing, usage or trade practice. Moreover, DOC software is provided with no support and
without any obligation on the part of Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University,
their employees, or students to assist in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement. A
number of companies12 around the world provide commercial support for DOC software, however.
DOC software is Y2K-compliant, as long as the underlying OS platform is Y2K-compliant.
Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, their employees, and students shall
have no liability with respect to the infringement of copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by
DOC software or any part thereof. Moreover, in no event will Washington University, UC Irvine,
or Vanderbilt University, their employees, or students be liable for any lost revenue or profits or
other special, indirect and consequential damages.
The ACE13, TAO14, CIAO15, and CoSMIC16 web sites are maintained by the DOC Group17 at the
Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS)18 and the Center for Distributed Object Computing
of Washington University, St. Louis19 for the development of open-source software as part of the
open-source software community20. By submitting comments, suggestions, code, code snippets,
techniques (including that of usage), and algorithms, submitters acknowledge that they have the
right to do so, that any such submissions are given freely and unreservedly, and that they waive
any claims to copyright or ownership. In addition, submitters acknowledgethat any such submission
might become part of the copyright maintained on the overall body of code, which comprises the
DOC software. By making a submission, submitter agree to these terms. Furthermore, submitters
acknowledge that the incorporation or modification of such submissions is entirely at the discretion
of the moderators of the open-source DOC software projects or their designees.
The names ACE, TAO, CIAO, CoSMIC, WashingtonUniversity, UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt
University, may not be used to endorse or promote products or services derived from this source
without express written permission from Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt
University. Further, products or services derived from this source may not be called ACE, TAO,
CIAO, or CoSMIC nor may the name Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University
appear in their names, without express written permission from Washington University, UC
Irvine, and Vanderbilt University.
If you have any suggestions, additions, comments, or questions, please let me21 know.
Douglas C. Schmidt22
References
1. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
2. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
3. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/
4. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/
5. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/
6. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-members.html
7. http://www.wustl.edu/
8. http://www.uci.edu/

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9. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/
10. mailto:[email protected]
11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html
12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html
13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
15. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/
16. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/
17. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/
18. http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/
19. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
20. http://www.opensource.org/
21. mailto:[email protected]
22. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/

Apache
The Sophos software that is described in this document may include some software programs that
are licensed (or sublicensed) to the user under the Apache License. A copy of the license agreement
for any such included software can be found at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Boost
Version 1.0, 17 August 2003
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of
the software and accompanying documentation covered by this license (the “Software”) to use,
reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works
of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so, all subject
to the following:
The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including the above license grant,
this restriction and the following disclaimer, must be included in all copies of the Software, in
whole or in part, and all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative works
are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by a source language processor.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE
DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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Common Public License

The Sophos software that is referenced in this document includes or may include some software
programs that are licensed (or sublicensed) to the user under the Common Public License (CPL),
which, among other rights, permits the user to have access to the source code. The CPL requires
for any software licensed under the terms of the CPL, which is distributed in object code form,
that the source code for such software also be made available to the users of the object code form.
For any such software covered under the CPL, the source code is available via mail order by
submitting a request to Sophos; via email to [email protected] or via the web at
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/contact-support/contact-information.aspx. A copy of the
license agreement for any such included software can be found at
http://opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php

ConvertUTF
Copyright 2001–2004 Unicode, Inc.
This source code is provided as is by Unicode, Inc. No claims are made as to fitness for any
particular purpose. No warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. The recipient agrees to
determine applicability of information provided. If this file has been purchased on magnetic or
optical media from Unicode, Inc., the sole remedy for any claim will be exchange of defective
media within 90 days of receipt.
Unicode, Inc. hereby grants the right to freely use the information supplied in this file in the
creation of products supporting the Unicode Standard, and to make copies of this file in any form
for internal or external distribution as long as this notice remains attached.

Loki
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright © 2001 by Andrei Alexandrescu
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial
portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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OpenSSL cryptographic toolkit

The OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license, i.e. both the conditions of the OpenSSL License
and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit. See below for the actual license texts. Actually
both licenses are BSD-style Open Source licenses. In case of any license issues related to OpenSSL
please contact [email protected].
OpenSSL license
Copyright © 1998–2011 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following
acknowledgment:
“This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL
Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)”
4. The names “OpenSSL Toolkit” and “OpenSSL Project” must not be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission,
please contact [email protected].
5. Products derived from this software may not be called “OpenSSL” nor may “OpenSSL” appear
in their names without prior written permission of the OpenSSL Project.
6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment:
“This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL
Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)”

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER
IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected]). This
product includes software written by Tim Hudson ([email protected]).

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Original SSLeay license

Copyright © 1995–1998 Eric Young ([email protected]) All rights reserved.
This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young ([email protected]). The
implementation was written so as to conform with Netscape’s SSL.
This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as the following conditions
are adhered to. The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4,
RSA, lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation included with this
distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson
([email protected]).
Copyright remains Eric Young’s, and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be
removed. If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution as the author
of the parts of the library used. This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup
or in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice, this list of conditions and the
following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following
acknowledgement:
“This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected])”
The word “cryptographic” can be left out if the routines from the library being used are not
cryptographic related :-).
4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from the apps directory
(application code) you must include an acknowledgement:
“This product includes software written by Tim Hudson ([email protected])”

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN
NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE.

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The license and distribution terms for any publically available version or derivative of this code
cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution
license [including the GNU Public License.]

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