IPsec Policy Agent (PolicyAgent) Windows Service Startup Type, Default Configuration, and Information

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
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System components that depend on this service to function properly:

None

Log On As

NT Authority\NetworkService

Additional Information

None at this time