Software Not Allowed - HP 800 User Manual

Tests Help
Software – Windows
B-38
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 infor-
mation 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
■
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1450&page=4
■
■ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/wf/default.mspx
http://www.firewallguide.com/
■
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\soft-
ware 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 cor-
porate 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.