## Assign Security Behavior Roles to Systems That You Want to Use Intel® Packet Protect

Intel Packet Protect uses default security behavior to determine how a system will communicate with other systems on the network. There are three default behaviors: Secure Responder, Secure Initiator and Lockdown.

### Communicating with Non-Intel Packet Protect Systems

It is common to not use Intel Packet Protect on all the systems in your network. While the security that Intel Packet Protect can provide is beneficial, there are several reasons to limit the systems on your network that use Intel Packet Protect, such as:

- Only a limited number of systems on your network require secure communications.

- In order to minimize processor utilization, you want to limit use of Intel Packet Protect to systems that already have Intel® PRO/100 S Management or Server Adapters.

Systems that use the default behavior of Secure Responder or Secure Initiator will always be able to communicate in the clear with systems in your network that do not use Intel Packet Protect.

Systems that use the default behavior of Lockdown will not be able to communicate with systems in your network that do not use Intel Packet Protect.

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