A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5209 Title: Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA): Overview and Requirements Author: P. Sangster, H. Khosravi, M. Mani, K. Narayan, J. Tardo Status: Informational Date: June 2008 Mailbox: Paul_Sangster@symantec.com, hormuzd.m.khosravi@intel.com, mmani@avaya.com, kaushik@cisco.com, joseph.tardo@nevisnetworks.com Pages: 53 Characters: 132227 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-nea-requirements-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5209.txt This document defines the problem statement, scope, and protocol requirements between the components of the NEA (Network Endpoint Assessment) reference model. NEA provides owners of networks (e.g., an enterprise offering remote access) a mechanism to evaluate the posture of a system. This may take place during the request for network access and/or subsequently at any time while connected to the network. The learned posture information can then be applied to a variety of compliance-oriented decisions. The posture information is frequently useful for detecting systems that are lacking or have out-of-date security protection mechanisms such as: anti-virus and host-based firewall software. In order to provide context for the requirements, a reference model and terminology are introduced. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This document is a product of the Network Endpoint Assessment Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team USC/Information Sciences Institute _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce