# Setting Up Intel® Packet Protect

## Understand Default Security Behavior

During installation, you selected a default behavior for your system to use for all communications. You also entered a pre-shared key that matches the pre-shared key on other systems in the network so the system can communicate securely with other systems possessing the same pre-shared key.

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## Understand the System Policy

The System Policy defines a collection of rules and behaviors that describes the security settings to enforce under certain situations. When a system attempts communication, Intel Packet Protect evaluates a number of things before allowing the communication.

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## Configure Your System Policy

You set up basic security settings when you install Intel Packet Protect. If you are familiar with encryption and authentication settings you can use the advanced settings in Intel Packet Protect to configure specific security settings to apply to different types of communication. Intel Packet Protect comes with a system policy that contains advanced security settings.

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