Re: NetReg: How to tell if machine is patched/virus sw?

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From: Chris Fabri (fabric@northwestern.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 23 2004 - 13:12:25 CDT


At 11:49 AM 7/23/2004, John Hascall wrote:

>This is what we are planning on doing this fall.
>Our 10.11 addresses are only allowed to route to a few machines
>to try to keep them safe, then as a part of our NetReg-alike process
>if the user is a student and if the machine is windows, we make
>them download an agent which when they run it checks for:
> needed service packs
> needed hotfixes
> autoupdate being on
> virus software install and properly config'd
> weak passwords
>and reports them back to our system and then
>we point them to how to correct their problems
>and then when it gives a clean bill of health
>they can complete registration.

Is this homegrown software? Could you provide more info on this
agent? Thanks. chris

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