Enforcing Policy Settings with a Network Policy Server
The goal of an NPS is to enforce policy settings defined by the administrator (for example, to configure the NPS role to block clients from connecting if they do not have an antivirus application installed). There are multiple variations on this theme, but the same principles apply to each of the variations.
This section describes a scenario where NPS is configured to block DHCP clients from receiving IP addresses if they do not have an antivirus application installed or if their antivirus definitions are out-of-date. The same overall process can be used for 802.1X validation, VPN validation, or IPsec validation.
After installing the NPS, three additional steps are required for a successful ...
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