What are the daemons in Symantec Agent for Linux?
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What are the daemons in Symantec Agent for Linux?

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Article ID: 276283

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Endpoint Security Complete Endpoint Protection

Issue/Introduction

You want to know what are the daemons in Symantec Agent for Linux and their function.

Environment

Linux/Unix system.

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) agent 14.3 RU1 and above.

Resolution

Below are the daemons/services installed when Symantec Agent for Linux is installed:

cafagent:
Symantec Agent for Linux CAF daemon. CAF or Common Agent framework is a cross-platform, lightweight, product agnostic communication framework providing functionalities for client-server communication. 
It provides a generic interface that can be used by any agent technology to send and receive information between endpoint and server.

sisamdagent:
Symantec Agent for Linux Antimalware daemon. Symantec's market leading technology that protects you from malicious software, which includes viruses, spyware, adware, trojan, worms, ransomware etc.

sisidsagent: 
Symantec Agent for Linux IDS daemon. A policy-based host security agent for monitoring and protection.

sisipsagent:
Symantec Agent for Linux IPS daemon. The prevention enforcement engine consists of the kernel mode drivers. 
When intrusion prevention is enabled, it is loaded on the agent computer on the next restart immediately after installation.