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Windows Update Check

Checking Windows Updates

In HySecure client to disable the logins if the windows updates are not installed on the user’s machine.

Windows updates varies from OS to OS such as Windows 7 may have different windows updates than that of Windows 10 OS Version.

Named windows Updates check

The configuration required are provided in below section.

The change was made in the HySecure windows Client to support the requirement to deny login to the HySecure Gateway if there any windows updates which are mandated by the System administrators are missing from the user’s machine.

HySecure Client first detect the client’s OS version and according to it applies the mandated Windows version check.

Configuration:

Following tags needs to be defined in verinfo.js file at HySecure gateway:

Tag Value Description
VPN_CLIENT_ENABLE_WINDOWS_UPDATE_CHECK_TAG true/false To enable/disable the windows update check at the users system. Default is empty ie false
WINDOWS7_MICROSOFT_UPDATE_LIST string Comma Separated KB article list applicable to Windows 7 only
WINDOWS8_MICROSOFT_UPDATE_LIST string Comma Separated KB article list applicable to Windows 8 only
WINDOWS81_MICROSOFT_UPDATE_LIST string Comma Separated KB article list applicable to Windows 7 only
WINDOWS10_MICROSOFT_UPDATE_LIST string Comma Separated KB article list applicable to Windows 10 only
COMMON_WINDOWS_MICROSOFT_UPDATE_LIST string Comma Separated KB article list applicable all Windows versions
DISABLE_LOGIN_IF_WINDOWS_NOT_UPDATED true/false To let user login if configured update list of Windows matches the detected Windows Update list. True means login is denied to the use if any of the KB is missing. Default is blank i.e. false.