ePolicy

The ePolicy application displays policies to users and allows them to accept or decline these policies. The user's choice is recorded in a database along with their details. You can then perform subsequent actions based upon their decision.

	ePolicy v1.3.2.31 (Size 1,783 KB) (Shareware - 30 day trial)

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How it Works:

The ePolicy Application consists of two programs:

ePolicy Browser (ePolicy.exe) which presents policies to be accepted or declined by users.
ePolicy Administrator (ePolicyAdmin.exe) allows a policy coordinator (administrator) to change the policy that is displayed to the users. It has other controls which define rules for when a policy is displayed and where the collected information is stored. It also allows the policy coordinator to view information about user policy acceptance activity.

The ePolicy Administrator allows and policy coordinator to define a policy to be broadcast which is recorded in the file ePolicy.ini. The ePolicy Browser then reads the ePolicy.ini file and displays the policy. The user either agrees or disagrees to the policy by selecting the appropriate button at the bottom of the screen. This in turn records the user's choice and details about the user in an SQL database residing on an SQL server.

If the user accepted the policy, a file is written to the user's account drive (home drive) indicating that the particular policy was accepted and will not be displayed for approval again until a new policy is issued.

If the user declines the policy, then they are presented the same policy the next time the ePolicy Browser is invoked. Though the use of a batch file, you could also do things like logging the user out if they do not accept a policy. The choice is yours.

Typical Use of the Application:

You can use ePolicy to present PC users upon login with new policies which they must accept or else the PC logs the user out. A sample batch file and Logout program is included to show you how this can be done.

Features:

A policy can be a web page located on a network drive or web server like an intranet.
The policy number and title are clearly labeled.
Users can drill into sub-pages and navigate back again.
User policy selection results are stored on a MS SQL Server database. The database is supplied as well as scripts used to create the database.
SQL logins and passwords are encrypted with Rijndael (AES) and SHA1 encryption routines.
The browser application prevents users from prematurely exiting the program unless they accept or decline the policy.
Configurable selection of system environment settings to obtain user username/account name information.
User policy selection is passed back to OS via return codes.
Reports can be displayed showing the number and type of responses.

Software Requirements:

Clients:
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ and SHDOCVW.DLL that comes with IE.

Database Server:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
10MB disk space.

Networked Drive:
Used to host the application files accessible by all users.
10MB disk space.

More Information?

For more information, please consult the Help file included with the application.