Avenda NAP Agents

Enhance the control and value of Network Access Protection (NAP) from Microsoft through comprehensive endpoint and identity policy enforcement.

Windows Universal System Health Agent (USHA)

Avenda's USHA for Windows enhances NAP end point health inspection in Windows Vista and XP Service Pack 3. The USHA provides for extensive, supplemental system health checking in conjunction with the most popular anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall products in use today. In addition, the Avenda USHA can check the status of system services and for the existence of specified registry keys. And, it can also be configured to auto-remediate a quarantined endpoint.

Seamless Operation in the NAP Environment
  • Avenda Universal System Health Agent (USHA) is installable on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3 as an add-on to the Microsoft NAP client
  • Avenda Universal System Health Validator (USHV) is installable as an add-on to Microsoft’s Network Policy Server (NPS)
Comprehensive Health Checks
  • Firewall Status – verify status with auto-remediation
  • Service Status – check for different services that are running on the endpoint and auto-remediate by stopping or starting services
  • Anti-Virus Status – ensure software is up-to-date and auto-remediate by triggering updates
  • Anti-Spyware Status - ensure software is up-to-date and auto-remediate by triggering updates
  • Registry Checks – scan for specified registry keys and auto-remediate by creating, deleting or modifying specified keys
Supported Platforms
  • Windows Vista (all versions)
  • Windows XP, Service Pack 3 and above
  • Send email to asknap@avendasys.com for a current list of supported anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall products

Avenda Linux Network Access Protection (NAP) Agent

Avenda's Linux NAP Agent extends Network Access Protection technology to network clients running the Linux operating system. Through a simple user interface that is available as an add-on to Microsoft’s Network Policy Server (NPS), administrators can configure health policies for Linux clients. The Linux NAP Agent monitors and reports the status of different client services, firewall status, firewall ports and anti-virus status. Depending on the health of the client, network access may be fully granted or restricted. The agent can also be configured to auto-remediate a quarantined endpoint.

Software Components
  • Avenda Linux NAP Agent with 802.1X supplicant and Avenda System Health Agent (SHA)
  • Avenda Linux NAP Agent System Health Validator (SHV), is installable as an add-on to Microsoft’s Network Policy Server (NPS)
NAP Enforcement Method
  • 802.1X
Full Support for NAP Authentication Methods
  • PEAPv0 (EAP-MSCHAPv2)
  • PEAPv0 (EAP-TLS)
  • EAP-TLS
Comprehensive Health Checks
  • Firewall Status – verify status with auto-remediation
  • Firewall Ports – check status of open or blocked TCP/UDP ports and auto-remediate
  • Service Status – check for different services that are running on the endpoint and auto-remediate by stopping or starting services
  • Anti-Virus Status – ensure software is up-to-date and auto-remediate by triggering updates
Supported for Popular Linux Distributions
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 and more
  • CentOS 5 and more
  • Fedora Core 5 and above
  • SUSE Linux 10.x

Avenda Linux NAP SHV for Microsoft NPS

The Avenda Linux NAP System Health Validator (SHV) for Microsoft NPS works with the Linux NAP Agent to validate and enforce health status of a Linux client.

Comprehensive Health Checks

An extensive feature set for endpoint health check includes:

  • Firewall Status – check for status and open/blocked ports
    • Auto-remediation – turn on firewall; block or open ports
  • Services Status – check status of different services running on the endpoint
    • Auto-remediation – start or stop services
  • Anti-virus Status – check if anti-virus is running
    • Auto-remediation – start anti-virus software