Re: Checking for AV software on students' machines

["Jason S. Cash" <cash () UDEL EDU>]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Steve Schuster wrote:
[clipped]
> We are currently running into a backlash with respect to policy requiring
> the registration of all computer systems that are on our network.  Can you
> help me gauge if there are other schools who also require this?

 UDel requires dorm computers to be "registered" in that we keep track of
macaddr/userid in a database.  This system is currently encouraged for the
rest of campus, though there are quite a few admin/lab machines that have
static addresses given out long ago.  The goal is to have all machines
registered to a specific owner, admin, department.

 Many campus admins are actually for this plan so they can register
their 'critical' servers.  This way we can automate the port shutdown
programs to also notify the admin/owner of the machine via
email/pager/etc.

Jason

> Thanks,
> sjs
>
>
> At 09:12 AM 6/10/2004, you wrote:
> > Thank you for this excellent report from UC Davis.  Virginia Tech is
> > making similar plans for network registration and scanning, and we
> > appreciate everyone sharing their experiences.
> > Mary
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Mary Dunker
> > Secure Enterprise Technology Initiatives
> > Virginia Tech Information Technology
> > 1700 Pratt Drive
> > Blacksburg, VA 24060
> > (540) 231-9327
> > FAX: (540) 231-7413
> > dunker () vt edu
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Ono [mailto:raono () UCDAVIS EDU]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:02 PM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Checking for AV software on students' machines
> >
> >
> > Jeff,
> > We are in the process of expanding our vulnerability scan that takes
> > place as part of our authentication to campus-wide web-based
> > applications. See http://security.ucdavis.edu/vulnscanrpt.pdf for
> > further information. Let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > > Nathan-
> > >
> > > I unfortunately don't have an answer to your questions regarding
> > > verification of AV software on client machines, but I was wondering if
> >
> > > you could provide some details on how you accomplished your first goal
> >
> > > - verifying for patches before a student machine is allowed on the
> > network.
> > >
> > > We are currently investigating ways to drop student machines into a
> > > "quarantine" VLAN if they are not up to the latest Windows patches,
> > > but so far have not found an effective way to do that check. Does your
> >
> > > solution require some kind of pre-installed client agent?
> > >
> > > I didn't see anything in a previous thread, but if you've already
> > > answered that question my apologies. Any insight, advice, horror
> > > stories you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff Giacobbe
> > > Director of Systems, Security, and Networking
> > > Montclair State University
> > >
> > >
> > > Nathan Hall wrote:
> > > > Now that we have found a way to check students' machines for missing
> >
> > > > patches before they are allowed on the network, we are looking to
> > expand
> > > > to checking for the presence of updated anti-virus software. This
> > > > requires access to the students' machines, so we are looking at
> > > > using
> > a
> > > > web page with a .NET component to perform the check. A few
> > > > questions:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Is anyone else doing something like this currently?
> > > > 2) How have you implemented this (web page w/ ActiveX/.Net,
> > downloadable
> > > > program...)?
> > > > 3) What do you look for to determine if AV software is present
> > (registry
> > > > entries, services, running processes...)?
> > > > 4) How successful has it been?
> > > > 5) Pitfalls?
> > > >
> > > > Any other input would be appreciated too. Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Nathan Hall
> > > > System Administrator
> > > > SUNY Oneonta
> > > > Oneonta, NY 13820
> > > > (607) 436-2708
> > > >
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> > Robert Ono, CISSP
> > IT Security Coordinator
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