## Turn Off Security for a System

There may be cases when you need to remove security from a client. For example, when the system no longer requires protected traffic. There are two ways you can remove security from a client:

- Temporarily Shut down Intel Packet Protect.

- Uninstall Intel Packet Protect. Click for information on uninstalling Intel Packet Protect.

### Temporarily Shut Down Intel Packet Protect

Intel Packet Protect is designed to run automatically every time the system starts. You can shut down Intel Packet Protect for the current session (useful when configuring your IP security components), or you can change the system setup so Intel Packet Protect does not start up automatically.

#### Windows NT: | #### Windows 98 or Windows ME:
The following method shuts off Intel Packet Protect for the current session (until the computer is restarted): Make sure the Intel Packet Protect Monitor utility is closed. Log in as the administrator (or another user with administration rights) From the Start menu, select: Settings > Control Panel Open "Services" Select Intel Policy Agent and click Stop Here is an alternate method of shutting off Intel Packet Protect: Log in as the administrator (or another user with administration rights). Open a DOS window Type the command: net stop pagent Windows NT confirms that pagent has stopped Close the DOS window When you want to turn on Intel Packet Protect, see the steps listed in Turn Security On. | The following method shuts off Intel Packet Protect for the current session (until the computer is restarted): Make sure the Intel Packet Protect Monitor utility is closed. Open an MS-DOS window: From the Start menu, select: Programs > Command Prompt Change the directory: Type: CD C:\Program Files\Packet Protect (DES-3DES)\Bin Type: startipsec /stop The following method shuts off Intel Packet Protect requires a restart for the change to take effect, but also ensures that it will not restart when the computer is restarted: From the Start menu, select: Settings > Control Panel Open "PROSet II" Right-click on the adapter and deselect "Enable IPSec" Click OK When you are prompted to reboot the system, click "OK". Using this method, Intel Packet Protect stays off until you re-enable IPSec again.

Note: While the policy agent is stopped, no secure communication takes place on this system. All outgoing messages will be sent with no security, and all secure incoming messages are ignored.

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