IPsec Policy Agent

Windows 7 Service Details

Description:

Required if internet provider requires it. I do not believe that many do, but some organizations might, so ask around. Or, disable it and test network connectivity.

Service 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 .

Consequences of Stopping:

If you stop this service, you may experience network connectivity issues if your policy requires that connections use IPsec. Also,remote management of Windows Firewall is not available when this service is stopped.
All services listed in 'Required For' will be unable to function

Depends on:

DCOM Server Process Launcher, Base Filtering System, Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

Required for: