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Joe Feise <[log in to unmask]>
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Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:23:35 -0700
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Baynes, Faith wrote on 04/16/08 08:59:

> One of my more adventurous, but thankfully well behaved, students told
> me about it some time ago.... He also scripted a workaround to the mac
> agent because the previous iteration of that was so crummy. It is
> definitely KNOWN in the more geeky student community that dirty access
> agent exists...

Due to a fundamental design flaw of CCA, it is not possible to prevent such bypass:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19726/info
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19726/discuss
Even a Nessus scan won't help if the person puts a cheap Linux-based router in 
front of the Windows box.

Disclosure: I am co-author of the security advisory.

-Joe

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