What client health checks should we add to NAP?
In the Vista / Longhorn Server timeframe, the included Windows System Health Agent will have the ability to restrict client network access based on the following Windows Security Center features:
Firewall is enabled for all interfaces
Antivirus is enabled / up-to-date signatures
Antispyware is enabled / up-to-date signatures
Automatic Update is enabled / up-to-date patches
We have had a lot of feedback from early NAP adopters that they would like to see future support for:
- Registry value checks
- WMI value checks
- File version/date/location checks
NAP was designed as an extensible platform, with a public API published on MSDN. We are working with many 3rd party companies who are going to provide value-added features on top of NAP.
We would love to hear from you about what client health checks should be added in the future, whether by Microsoft or a 3rd party extending NAP.
Jeff Sigman [MSFT]
NAP Release Manager
Jeff.Sigman@online.microsoft.com *
https://blogs.technet.com/nap
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Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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August 16, 2006
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August 16, 2006
Hey Tom, “Quarantine” in WS03 was certainly never intended for the typical ITPro and required coding / scripting knowledge to pull-off a real “solution”. When we started the idea of NAP, it was our intention from day 1 to create an actual solution to customer problems which could be deployed by the ITPro/Generalist.
If we want to get version 1 of NAP right the first time, it is important to hear from people who intend to use it and dig through all of their feedback. Hopefully, we get it right and it really takes off!
PS – I don’t want to give anyone a new hobby to successfully deploy NAP, but I would love a rich ecosystem around NAP where you could buy a 3rd party extension to make NAP even cooler. :->
- Jeff