Health Validator Point

The Health Validator Point must be installed on a Windows server with the Network Access Protection (NAP) component installed. The Health Validator simply tells NAP what software updates are required before the client can pass validation and communicate with the network. NAP essentially validates the configuration of a client; if the validation passes, the client is allowed to communicate with the network.

NAP can be configured for IP Security (IPSec) enforcement, 802.1X enforcement, Virtual Private Network (VPN) enforcement, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) enforcement, Remote Desktop Services Gateway enforcement, and integration with Cisco Network Access Control (NAC) for hardware-based network enforcement. ...

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