Smart Protection Sources Compared

The following table highlights the differences between Smart Protection Network and Smart Protection Server.

Basis of Comparison	Smart Protection Server	Trend Micro Smart Protection Network
Availability	Available for internal agents, which are agents that meet the location criteria specified on the ScanMail web console	Available mainly for external agents, which are agents that do not meet the location criteria specified on the ScanMail web console
Purpose	Designed and intended to localize smart protection services to the corporate network to optimize efficiency	A globally scaled, Internet-based infrastructure that provides smart protection services to agents who do not have immediate access to their corporate network
Administration	ScanMail administrators install and manage these smart protection sources	Trend Micro maintains this source
Pattern update source	Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server	Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server
Agent connection protocols	HTTP and HTTPS	HTTPS

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