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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, JP Velders wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:50:29 +0000 (GMT) > > From: Christopher L. Morrow <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Quarantine your infected users spreading malware > > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Jim Segrave wrote: > > > > www.quarantainenet.nl > > > > It puts them in a protected environment where they can get cleaned up > > > on-line without serious risk of re-infection. They can pop their > > > e-mail, reply via webmail, but they can't connect to anywhere except a > > > list of update sites. > > > there was little in the way of 'how' in the link above though :( > > Well, it's very much dependant on your own network. > >From what I know (from presentations of the folk behind Qnet, and > talks with people actually using it) is that they have a sort of > "export" module, which allows you to either output the IP's, or parse > them such that you get a crafted DHCP entry, or special MAC address > based "alternate VLAN" statement for on a switch etc. which is fabulous for those of you with ethernet... without ethernet most of these solutions fall on their faces and die the horrid death of an enterprise product :( Now, they say: "Works great on carrier networks"... my question was "how" and "perhaps with a little less hand-waviness please?" > > They have templates for a bunch of things, but whether or not one of > those templates is applicable or even useful in your own network > remains te be seen each and every time. > and none of these so called templates is available or described on their public documentation :( There are a few ways to skin this cat, depending upon architecture one might even work. Without knowing the possible methodologies available it's not helpful :( > The main strength of Qnet is the detection, and even better, the way > of allowing people to clean themselves, and then get back on the net. > Having a helpdesk tell (different) people the same line over and over > again gets tedious. Putting the effort into making a nice explanatory > webpage get so much more "return on investment"... ;) agreed, punting this problem to the helpdesk makes the helpdesk manager grab his gun(s) and find the security wonk that put a hurtin' on his numbers :) Also, it costs lots of money, which isn't generally a good plan.
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