Novell ZENWORKS NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL 5.0 - 09-22-2008 User Manual page 118

1b ActiveX plug-in — This test method downloads an ActiveX control each time the user
connects to the network. Testing is accomplished through the browser. If the browser
window is closed, retesting is not performed.
1c Agentless — This test method uses an existing Windows service (RPC).
2 Click ok.
Ordering Test Methods
The Novell ZENworks Network Access Control backend attempts to test an endpoint transparently
in the following order:
1 Novell ZENworks Network Access Control tries to test with the agent-based test method.
2 If no agent is available, Novell ZENworks Network Access Control tries to test with the
ActiveX test method.
3 If ActiveX is not available and if credentials for the endpoint or domain exist, Novell
ZENworks Network Access Control tries to test with the agentless test method.
4 If the endpoint can not be tested transparently, then Novell ZENworks Network Access Control
uses the end-user access screens to set up a test method and sequence for interacting with the
end-user. This order of presentation is defined on the Testing methods window.
At least one testing method is required. When testing an endpoint, the end-user screen presented
first, is the one that is selected as first here. If this method fails due to a personal firewall or other
problem, the second method selected here is presented to the end-user if one has been selected.
Finally, if a third method has been selected, it will be presented to the end-user if the second method
fails. These system-level settings may be overridden and customized for each cluster.
To order test methods:
Home window>>System configuration>>Testing methods
1 For each test method selected in
name to move the testing methods up or down in the selection order. The order of the testing
methods determines the order in which the testing should proceed.
2 Click ok.
Recommended Test Methods
Agentless testing is not recommended as the first test method to be used for testing on domains other
than your Windows domain for the following reasons:
Many times guest users do not know the username and password to their machine if they are
automatically logged in
If the end-user is not on a Windows domain they have to change the "Network access... Classic
mode" setting
The user they log in as has to have certain permissions to resources on the system which they
may not have
A guest user may be uncomfortable supplying their Windows username and password to an
unknown system
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Step 1 on page 118, Use the arrows next to the testing method