EAP-TNC SoH Health Attributes

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Mon Dec 12 12:43:14 EST 2011


On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 09:54:02AM -0500, Francois Gaudreault wrote:
> I think the expectations are that a Linux/Mac OSX should comply with the 
> same policy as MS machines do, not just a workaround.  I don't see why a 
> Linux/Mac machine that is not up to date should be allowed more on the 
> network than a Microsoft machine that is fully up to date... Maybe the 
> Linux have a remote exploit available that could have been fixed if the 
> OS was up-to-date... You see what I mean?  (That's just a "cheesy" 
> example).  I believe that every pc, whatever "Desktop" OS is installed 
> (Linux/Mac/Windows), should comply to the same enterprise policy.

I see no problems in being-up-to-date part - it was the having a virus
scanner installed part that did not seem to match with what is commonly
done in Linux (or OSX?) in such scale today.
 
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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA


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