![]() ![]() In most of these cases, there was no real business need for these apps – let’s face it, is having a “cool” screensaver really a justifiable business application? Probably not in the vast majority of cases. Of course, almost inevitably, the software would cause other issues – leading to more helpdesk calls, some fairly angry end-users and of course, some really angry IT folks. We’re really not going to get into the workings of Software Restriction Policies – if you need more information, refer to Enter SRP’s, where administrators could create rules and policies to block the installation of some of the more … popular … pieces of unauthorized software. More intuitive enforcement model – only a file specified in an AppLocker rule will be allowed to runĪudit-Only enforcement mode that allows administrators to determine which files would be prevented from running if the policy were in effect SRP supports certificate rules, but they are less granular and are a bit more difficult to define Getting back to AppLocker, there are several enhancements:Ībility to define rules based on attributes derived from a file’s digital signature, including the publisher, product name, file name and file version. New interface accessed through an MMC snap-in extension to the Local Policy and Group Policy snap-ins. The Software Restriction Policies snap-in is still available in Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 for compatibility reasons.ĪppLocker requires the Application Identity Service. ![]() This service performs all of the rule conversions for the AppLocker policy. In order for an AppLocker policy to be evaluated on the system, the services has to be started. The Application Identity is set to Manual by default. ![]()
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