Host IPS 8.0
Patch 3 introduced the McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Local Procedure Call (LPC) Service (
HipMgmt.exe) to manage Host IPS and McAfee Agent (MA) communication using the updated MA LPC interface. The Host IPS LPC service is set to
Startup Type:
Automatic. HipMgmt.exe is in the Host IPS client installation folder on Windows systems, and logs into
HipMgmt.log and
HipMgtPlugin.log.
The MA LPC-managed product interface was deployed in MA 5.x versions.
LPC is a multi-platform code that is available on Windows and UNIX-based systems. LPC follows a client-server architecture. The MA LPC process acts as a server, and managed products act as clients. LPC uses
Named Pipe as an inter-process communication mechanism on Windows. It uses
Unix Domain Sockets on UNIX platforms. LPC stores configuration information in registry on Windows and
config.xml file on UNIX platforms.
