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SUNY Oneonta security scanning tool V2 available for release (MOPR)
From: "Justin St. Onge" <stongejc () ONEONTA EDU>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:20:48 -0400
Hello, I am pleased to announce the availability of Version 2 of MOPR for public release. What is it? MOPR is Malware Outbreak Prevention for ResNets. MOPR is a framework for scanning client computers for Anti-Virus and Windows update compliance. MOPR is an IE hosted .Net control that can be inserted into a web registration system, or run as a pseudo stand alone client that connects to your web registration system. An IE hosted .Net control is simply a .Net dll that is loaded into Internet Explorer from a web server similar to a Java applet. Control over various MOPR parameters are made via XML files that reside alongside the MOPR dll on the web server. Software and required prerequisites are made available via an installation program making the system a Step 1 (Install) and Step 2 (Scan) process. Links to Windows Update and your campus Anti-Virus download locations are presented upon failure of a scan. MOPR uses the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to determine patch compliance and Security Center WMI queries and or File/Registry/Process Scans to check for Anti-Virus status. It can also pass or fail computers based on operating system service pack status and can configure auto updates on client systems. Because MOPR uses the MBSA to scan for compliance there is no configuration at the server or client level once the system is setup. As updates get released from Microsoft, the MBSA downloads new cab files and scans for new vulnerabilities immediately. MOPR can also be configured to scan for Office Updates. This version is a ground up rewrite of the software presented at the Educause '05 Security Professionals Conference. http://www.educause.edu/SEC05/Program/4308?PRODUCT_CODE=SEC05/SESS08 It is available under the BSD license. I invite you to check it out at http://helpdesk.oneonta.edu/moprdev. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and enjoy, Justin St. Onge Academic Server Administrator/Lab Coordinator SUNY College at Oneonta <http://www.oneonta.edu/> - Academic Computer Services <http://helpdesk.oneonta.edu/> stongejc () oneonta edu <mailto:stongejc () oneonta edu> "Riots in the streets, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!" Doctor Peter Venkman Ghostbusters
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