Private Insight Server

Private Insight server settings let you direct client reputation queries to an intranet server, if you have purchased and installed Symantec™ Insight for Private Clouds. Symantec Insight for Private Clouds is typically installed in networks that lack Internet connectivity. The private Insight server stores a copy of Symantec Insight's reputation database. Symantec Endpoint Protection reputation queries are handled by the private Insight server rather than Symantec's Insight server.

The private server downloads the Symantec Insight data over an encrypted, secure connection. You can manually update the Insight data or use third-party tools to check for updates and download the data automatically. Your update method depends on your network and the type of server on which you run Symantec Insight for Private Clouds.

When you use a private Insight server, Symantec does not receive any queries or submissions for file reputation.

To configure the clients in your network to use a private Insight server, in the Site Properties dialog on the Private Insight Server tab, make sure that you check Enable private Insight server. You must also enter the Name, Server URL, and Port number.

At the next heartbeat, your clients start to use the specified private server for reputation queries.

Table: Private Insight server settings

Option

Description

Enable private Insight server

When you enable this option, clients use the private Insight server to look up file reputation information. You must specify the Name, Server URL, and Port for the server.

You can specify only one server.

Name

Required when Enable private Insight server is enabled. Specifies a name for the server, which appears in the management console.

Description

Specifies an optional description of the private Insight server.

Server URL

Required when Enable private Insight server is checked. Specifies the server URL using HTTP or HTTPS.

Port

Required when Enable private Insight server is checked. Specifies the port for the server in the range 1 to 65535. By default, the HTTP port is 80. By default, the HTTPS port is 443.