The documentation was the usual PDF-based literature. For example, the client needs to have ports 139 and 445 open, and the manager needs admin credentials to install the software. It took us some time to get the installation correct. The installation of the server and the console were quite easy, but the installation to push out the software to the clients was a little more complex. As with most products, the Symantec offering covers only Microsoft clients, which are Windows 2000 and newer, with 32- and 64-bit support for Windows XP and above, but only 32-bit version supported for console installation. This feature set makes Symantec Endpoint Protection one of the few offerings that crosses over categories of endpoint security and provides network security, as well as device control security.
Symantec Endpoint Protection offers the following features: anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion prevention system, application control, device control, and proactive threat scanning. An update to the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager activates those features on the clients. No redeployment of clients is needed to add Symantec Network Access Control to a network where Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed. The NAC client remains installed, but dormant, on the end-user's machine until it is activated. Symantec Endpoint Protection is a group of protection mechanisms bundled into one application, which includes the popular Symantec Anti-Virus and the Network Access Control client as well.
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