ipMonitor provides secure network monitoring with a security model that encompasses authentication, authorization, encryption and protection against intrusion.

ipMonitor's secure network monitoring model is designed to:

• Provide security to the ipMonitor application itself and the critical data it stores internally
• Use secure network monitoring techniques and standard security practices while monitoring your network

ipMonitor's security options include:

• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to provide secure communication over non-secure channels such as the Internet
• Credentials to apply elevated permissions only as required when accessing Windows® file system objects and services via the network
• Authentication methods to improve security for protocols such as IMAP4, POP3 and HTTP
• IP address filters to restrict specific IP addresses or ranges of IP addresses
• User accounts to precisely control level of usability for different ipMonitor features

ipMonitor uses SSL to safely exchange sensitive information from anywhere on your internal network or the Internet.

SSL protects you by:

• Ensuring secure login
• Providing safe exchange of configuration data
• Preventing eavesdropping and tampering

ipMonitor supports four different methods of acquiring an SSL certificate:

• Self-Signed Certificates (automatically generated)
• Trusted Certificate Authority. e.g. VeriSign®, FreeSSL™, InstantSSL™
• Stand-Alone Certificate Authority using the Microsoft® Windows® Certificate Services
• Enterprise Certificate Authority using the Microsoft Management Console "Certificates" snap-in

"ipMonitor has met many, if not most, of our monitoring needs with aplomb. It has been very stable and has scaled quite well, monitoring hundreds of devices with each copy. It is quite flexible in its testing and configuration and provides a good variety of notification methods, allowing not just the standard outputs, but custom notification as well."

— Russel Havens, Novell, Inc., Novell IS&T Operations