Re: NAC Question

[Jason <facekhan () gmail com>]

That does sound like something the NAC can help with. The NAC does let 
you pick and choose what features you want to implement. I have not 
personally done a NAC install but I do work for a company that does a 
fair number of them. I am not sure if NAC will help you purge an 
existing virus problem. The NAC is a technical means of enforcing policy 
that is typically written into AUP's but is difficult to enforce, 
especially for home users with VPN access or laptop users with local 
admin control.

avghacker () gmail com wrote:
> Well we have the downadup worm floating around our network and are slowly trying to deal with it.  Our environment has a lot 
> of users who are local admins so they basically are allowed to download anything here and at home.  I wanted a way to keep 
> them off the network unless they have patches and an AV solution.  Many users only pull out their laptops every couple of 
> weeks so obviously the update server isn't reaching them.
>
> Side note: already have and ids in place
> ------Original Message------
> From: exzactly
> To: avghacker () gmail com
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: NAC Question
> Sent: Mar 24, 2009 12:34 PM
>
> Are you sure NAC is the way to go for your issue? An IPS may be a better 
> option to keep the spread of Malware down. NAC can be expensive, messy to 
> implement and time consuming, it has it's place but I don't know if your 
> requirements would warrant it. Can you add a little more information to your 
> issue?
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <avghacker () gmail com>
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:39 AM
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: NAC Question
>
>   
> > Hey all was wondering if anyone had any experience with deploying or 
> > maintaining a NAC?  I'm looking for recommendations, advice, gotchas, 
> > etc...
> >
> > Having some serious malware issues in a place that doesn't have patch 
> > management and I'm looking to turn to a NAC to help bring the network 
> > under control.....advice?
> >
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