Configuring Posture Policy Plugins - Dell Powerconnect W-ClearPass Hardware Appliances User Manual

ClearPass Linux Universal System Health Validator. Configurable checking for present/absent services.
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ClearPass Mac OS X Universal System Health Validator. Configurable checking for product-/version-/update-
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specific checking for Antivirus/Antispyware application, and Firewall configuration.
Note that ClearPass OnGuard Agent - both persistent and dissolvable forms - can be used in the following scenarios:
An environment that does not support 802.1X based authentication (legacy Windows Operating Systems, or
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legacy devices in the network)
An OS that supports 802.1X natively, but does not have a built-in health agent. For example, MAC OS X.
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Configuring Posture Policy Plugins

From the Services page (Configuration > Service) or using the Add Posture Policy button (Configuration >
Posture > Posture Policies), you can configure posture for a new service (as part of the flow of the Add Service
wizard), or modify an existing posture policy or server directly (Configuration > Posture > Posture Policies, then
click on its name in the Posture Policies listing page).
When you click Add Posture Policy from any of these locations, Policy Manager displays the Add Posture Policy
page, which contains three configurable tabs:
The Policy tab labels the policy and defines operating system and the type of deployed agent.
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Figure 117:
Add Posture Policy (Policy Tab)
Table 89:
Add Posture Policy
Parameter
Policy
Name/Description
Posture Agent
Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager 6.0 | User Guide
Description
Freeform label and description.
NAP Agent - Use this to configure posture policies for host operating systems with an
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embedded NAP-compliant agent (Microsoft Windows NAP Agent or ClearPass Linux NAP
Agent). Currently, the following OSes are supported: Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft
Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows
Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, and Linux OSes supported by ClearPass
Linux NAP Agent.
OnGuard Agent - Use this to configure posture policies for guest or web portal based use
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cases (via a dissolvable Java-applet based agent), or for use cases where ClearPass
(persistent) OnGuard Agent is installed on the endpoint. Currently, the following OSes are
for additional information.
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