...if my company experience is anything to go by.
We recently changed the VPN software to Connectra (from Secureremote). Connectra tunnels through HTTP and can be used in a web cafe or any machine. As part of its initialisation its checks for Antivirus being installed and up-to-date, and more importantly Malware. If Malware is found, it will not allow connection to the VPN until the machine is disinfected. This includes Kazaa, etc....
You can imagine the choorus of disapproval that went up from employees accessing (or trying to!) from their home machines. One had 30 types of malware. Some even complained to upper management, some begged for the checks to be disabled. Unsurprisingly we didn't change the policy.
This will be a sharp shock to many, but its needed.
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...if my company experience is anything to go by. We recently changed the VPN software to Connectra (from Secureremote). Connectra tunnels through HTTP and can be used in a web cafe or any machine. As part of its initialisation its checks for Antivirus being installed and up-to-date, and more importantly Malware. If Malware is found, it will not allow connection to the VPN until the machine is disinfected. This includes Kazaa, etc.... You can imagine the choorus of disapproval that went up from employees accessing (or trying to!) from their home machines. One had 30 types of malware. Some even complained to upper management, some begged for the checks to be disabled. Unsurprisingly we didn't change the policy. This will be a sharp shock to many, but its needed.
How else could you explain the US having different spellings - they'd be infringing the patent otherwise! ....I'll get my coat....