2.1.4. Management Console (MC)

The Management Console (MC) is the graphical interface to Management Server (MS). A single MS engine can manage several different PNS firewalls. MC is designed so that almost all administration tasks of PNS can be accomplished with it and therefore no advanced Linux skills are required to manage the firewall.

Note

MC can connect to the MS host remotely, even over the Internet. All connections between MC and MS are SSL-encrypted, and use TCP port 1314.

MC can only alter configurations stored in the MS database. It does not directly communicate with the firewall hosts.

Communication between MC, MS, and PNS

Figure 2.2. Communication between MC, MS, and PNS

MC can be installed on the following platforms:

  • Microsoft Windows Vista or later

  • Linux

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