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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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ACE Policy Configuration
TheconfigurationofACEpoliciescanaffectperformance.Youcanincreasetheamount
ofdatathatistransferredbetweenACEManagementServerandACEPlayerbyusing
oneofthefollowingmethods:
Hostpolicies–Enablinghostpolicies(suchashostnetworkquarantine)requiresthat
ahost‐sidedaemonretrievesthehostpoliciesfromtheACEManagementServ er.
Complexnetworkquarantinepolicies–Ifthesetofrulesthatmakesupyour
networkquarantineisverylarge,thetransferoftheserulesfromtheACE
ManagementServertotheclientscanaffectthescalability.
ThenumbersshowninTable 2‐3andTable 2‐4areestimatesofrequired
bandwidthgiven
average‐sizerulesetsfornetworkquarantine.Youcanviewthe
sizeofyourpolicysetbyexaminingtheACEfiledirectoryandcountingthesize
ofthe.vmplfile.Anaveragepolicysetis15KBorless.
Load Balancers
TheACEManagementServerclient‐serverprotocolisbuiltontopoftheHTTPS
protocol.YoucanuseHTTPload‐balancingsoftwareandhardwaresolutionstoscale
anACEManagementServerdeploymentbeyondthecapacityofasingleserver(orfor
high‐availabilitydeployments).
ACEManagementServerscalesinalinear
fashionwhenanenterprise‐gradeHTTPS
loadbalancerisused.SeeChapter 5,“Load‐BalancingMultipleACEManagement
ServerInstances,”onpage 51.
Security Features and Considerations
Bydefault,ACEManagementServerusestheSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)protocolto
provideencryptedandsecurecommunications.
Followingisanoverviewofsecurityfeaturesandrecommendationsonhowto
configuretheACEManagementServertoavoidsecurityproblems:
TraffictoandfromclientsisprotectedbyHTTPS–Bydefault,ACEManagement
Servercreatesaself‐signedcertificatewhenyouinstallittouseforHTTPStraffic.
Thesecertificatesaresecure,butyoucanalsoconfigureACEManagementServer
touseyourowncertificateandkeypairs.
TrafficfromACEManagementServertoActiveDirectoryisencrypted–Ifthe
serverisintegratedwithanActive Directoryservice,itcommunicateswiththeservice
throughanSSL‐protectedlink.LDAPtraf ficisencryptedattheapplicationlayer.
CredentialsareprotectedbyusingtheKerberosprot ocoltoauthenticatecredentials.