Saturday 16 March 2013

BITS, BFE and other "Standard" Windows Services

BITS is a Windows service, that stands for Background Intelligent Transfer Service. This helps to transfer files in the background using idle network bandwidth. It is used by Windows update and Internet Explorer.

BFE is the Base Filtering Engine which manages firewall and IPsec (Internet Protocol security) policies. Stopping or disabling the BFE service will significantly reduce system security.

Related Tangent: What is IPsec? It's a suite of protocols for authenticating and encrypting information at the IP packet level. Developed in conjunction with IPv6. Its major application is in Virtual Private Networks.

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