IPSEC Services

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Below is a description of this Windows XP service:

IPSEC Services

# Service Name:

PolicyAgent

# Service Description:

Manages IP security policy and starts the ISAKMP/Oakley (IKE) and the IP security driver.

# Default Settings:

Default setting in Windows XP Professional: Automatic
Default setting in Windows XP Home: Automatic


# This Windows service logs on as:

Local System

# The default path for this Windows service is:

%systemroot%\system32\lsass.exe

# This Windows service depends on the following system components:

IPSEC Driver

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

TCP/IP Protocol Driver > IPSEC Driver

# The following services have a dependency on this service:

None..

Marc Says:

This service is involved with data transfer and encryption operations on a domain. For the home user this may be of little use and so can be set to “Manual” if needed.