Personal Firewalls; Software Not Allowed - Extreme Networks Sentriant AG Software User's Manual

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What Do I Need to Do?. Remove or disable any disallowed P2P software.

Personal Firewalls

Description. This test verifies that the endpoint attempting to connect to your system has the latest
personal firewall software installed and running.
Test Properties. Select the personal firewalls that meet your requirements. Any endpoint that does not
have at least one of the personal firewalls selected will fail this test.
How Does this Affect Me?. A firewall is hardware or software that views information as it flows to and
from your computer. You configure the firewall to allow or block data based on criteria such as port
number, content, source IP address, and so on.
The following links provide more detailed information about firewalls:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm
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http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1450&page=4
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/wf/default.mspx
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http://www.firewallguide.com/
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What Do I Need to Do?. Make sure you have a personal firewall installed.

Software Not Allowed

Description: . This test verifies that the endpoint attempting to connect to your system does not have
the software packages listed installed.
Test Properties
Enter a list of applications that are not allowed on connecting endpoints, separated with a carriage
return. The format for an application is vendor\software package[\version]. Using this format stores
the value in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software key.
For example:
Adobe\Acrobat Reader, Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0
You can also specify which key to use for the specific value by entering the key at the beginning of the
value. For example:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger
How Does this Affect Me?. Some software is generally not appropriate for corporate use, and can create
vulnerabilities in your system, for example, peer-to-peer (P2P) software and instant messenging (IM)
software.
What Do I Need to Do?. Remove the software that is not allowed.
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