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## Smart Protection Sources Compared

The following table highlights the differences between Smart Protection Network and Smart Protection Server.

#### Smart Protection Sources Compared

Basis of Comparison | Smart Protection Server | Trend Micro Smart Protection Network
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Availability | Available for internal agents, which are agents that meet the location criteria specified on the ScanMail web console | Available mainly for external agents, which are agents that do not meet the location criteria specified on the ScanMail web console
Purpose | Designed and intended to localize smart protection services to the corporate network to optimize efficiency | A globally scaled, Internet-based infrastructure that provides smart protection services to agents who do not have immediate access to their corporate network
Administration | ScanMail administrators install and manage these smart protection sources | Trend Micro maintains this source
Pattern update source | Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server | Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server
Agent connection protocols | HTTP and HTTPS | HTTPS