Re: [MAGNet] wow

Greg Merritt wrote:
> At 2:32 PM -0700 7/6/04, Sherry M. Rogers wrote:
>
>>
>> ...Our long-term goal is to have a "network
>> access control" system which will enable us to scan any host prior to
>> letting it on the campus network. If the host does not meet those
>> standards we can check for, it will be routed to a captive site where the
>> necessary upgrades are available...
>
>
>
> Wow -- so at some point we'll have an environment in which all
> devices (computers, pdas, printers/copiers, what have you) are
> explicitly denied network access unless they respond in an approved
> manner to a CNS security probe? Is that the idea?

SNS, not CNS. Let's keep the organization straight. (And remember,
it's SNS, not IST-SNS.)

thanks,
michael

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Received on Tue Jul 6 16:29:46 2004