Hi All,
To paraphrase the remediation statements made during this conference
call, I think we are going to have to come up with an answer for the
NAP team when they come
back with obvious questions, like this:
"OK, you've got common attributes, which helps. But plugins are also
needed for custom remediation of devices that support automatic (no
operator intervention) remediation. So, is there also a PWG common
mechanism for remediating devices that fail site security assessment
policy?
Playing devils advocate for a moment, this was the toughest technical
question I thought they would fire back with.
During my discussion on the value of a "CLASS" plugin, I used the
rationale that Microsoft would probably want to avoid tons of NAP
plugins (like printer drivers) that basically assess the same
attributes (If we agree on a common set of PWG attributes).
Therefore, a single "hardcopy-class" plugin that assesses the PWG
common set would be preferred over (n) number of plugins basically
assessing the same attributes. Ignoring the remediation question for
a moment, they may ask the question
"OK, say we were to write a class plugin for hardcopy devices, does
that mean the vendors that comprise the PWG will NOT be writing any
NAP plugins for their device? Are their respective technical/marketing
teams willing to agree to this? Because if we write a class driver,
and then start seeing (n) numbers of vendors distributing plugins, it
would seem to eliminate the benefit."
Randy
On Jan 22, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Farrell, Lee wrote:
>> ... at ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ids/minutes/>> IDS-call-minutes-20090122.doc and
> IDS-call-minutes-20090122.pdf
>> IDS-call-minutes-20090108-update.doc and
> IDS-call-minutes-20090108-update.pdf
>>> lee
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