IPsec Policy Agent (PolicyAgent)

Registry Name:

PolicyAgent

Display Name:

IPsec Policy Agent

Description:

Internet Protocol security (IPsec) supports network-level peer authentication, data origin authentication, data integrity, data confidentiality (encryption), and replay protection. This service enforces IPsec policies created through the IP Security Policies snap-in or the command-line tool "netsh ipsec". If you stop this service, you may experience network connectivity issues if your policy requires that connections use IPsec. Also,remote management of Windows Defender Firewall is not available when this service is stopped.

Default Status:

Stopped

Default Startup Type:

Manual (Trigger Start)

Image Path:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkServiceNetworkRestricted -p

DLL File Path:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\ipsecsvc.dll

Dependencies:

The service depends on the following system components to function properly:

• Tcpip
• bfe

System components that depend on this service to function properly:

• None

Log On As:

NT Authority\NetworkService

Additional Information:

None at this time