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Downloads:

1,637

Downloads of v 2.1.0.0:

675

Last Update:

01 Oct 2016

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • IWR Consultancy

Tags:

iwr software restriction policy admin

Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install)

This is not the latest version of Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install) available.

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2.1.0.0 | Updated: 01 Oct 2016

Downloads:

1,637

Downloads of v 2.1.0.0:

675

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • IWR Consultancy

Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install) 2.1.0.0

This is not the latest version of Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install) available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by IWR Consultancy. The inclusion of IWR Consultancy trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify IWR Consultancy goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade simple-software-restriction-policy -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'2.1.0.0'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade simple-software-restriction-policy -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'2.1.0.0'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install simple-software-restriction-policy
  win_chocolatey:
    name: simple-software-restriction-policy
    version: '2.1.0.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'simple-software-restriction-policy' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '2.1.0.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller simple-software-restriction-policy
{
    Name     = "simple-software-restriction-policy"
    Version  = "2.1.0.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'simple-software-restriction-policy':
  ensure   => '2.1.0.0',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator flcdrg on 06 Oct 2016.

Description

![Screenshot of Simple Software Restriction Policy] (https://iwrconsultancy.co.uk/img/ssrp-desktopwindow.jpg)

Ransomware is one of the most serious security issues to ever hit the IT industry. A key reason for its severity is that its payload is largely unhindered by traditional security measures such as limited user working or signature-based antivirus scanning.

In order to counteract ransomware, we need to look to entirely different security strategies. An important component of such a strategy can be the implementation of a Software Restriction Policy.

In essence, a Software Policy lays down rules about where on disk programs can be run from. Thus, programs in 'Program Files' will be given the OK, but programs in 'Downloads' will not. Since this defensive mechanism does not rely on identifying a given program as malicious, it is in principle effective against all strains of malware.

Software Restriction Policies are in fact a part of Group Policy, and have been around since the introduction of Windows XP. Thus they are nothing new, although they have been largely overlooked by both IT admins and home users until now.

One of the reasons for the low uptake has undoubtedly been that the Group Policy Editor controls for Software Policies are neither very convenient nor very easy to use. Even after you've figured out what is a very complex set of controls, you are faced with the issue that you cannot easily turn the policy on or off.

Our Simple Software Restriction Policy utility overcomes that. As the name suggests, it turns a complex piece of group policy editing into a simple matter of installing the utility and selecting a few options. What's more, if you need to suspend the policy, that is only a few clicks away and it takes effect immediately, no reboot needed.

A SRP has other advantages besides hardening the computer against malware. For example, it allows you to control the launching of programs from USB key or DVD, other routes by which unwanted software may find its way onto your computer.

Perhaps one of the best features of SSRP is that during normal use of the computer you hardly know it's there. No screen dimming, no continual nags. About the only time you need to interact with it, is if installing or removing software. In which case you can allow yourself 30 minutes to do the work, after which the policy will reinstate itself.

SSRP also offers a means of launching specified programs with limited rights. On legacy systems where the standard user is an Admin, this can very usefully restrict the damage that a compromised Web browser or email client can do to the system. (This feature is turned off by default since later Windows versions have their own means of achieving this, UAE. )

PACKAGING NOTES:

After this is installed you MUST run and configure it or unlock your computer. It WILL automatically block Chocolatey from running! You will want to add "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey=1" to [CustomPolicies] in the softwarepolicy.ini configuration file right away to allow Chocolatey to run.

Uninstallation is not completely silent and will remove the policy restrictions. Be sure to unlock your computer with the program first.


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName= 'simple-software-restriction-policy'
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = "$toolsDir\SoftwarePolicy210Setup.exe"
 
$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  fileType      = 'EXE'
  url           = $url
  checksum      = 'B22502F28AE5BC4B545FF303F6125800F5C8EBC37FECD176053EAEAAAA553138'
  checksumType  = 'sha256'
  silentArgs   = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
  softwareName  = 'Software Policy*'
}
 
Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
Remove-Item $toolsDir\SoftwarePolicy210Setup.exe
tools\LICENSE.txt
https://iwrconsultancy.co.uk/reprofiler

Legal:
As ever, you use this system-level utility entirely at your own risk. Various forms of disaster are not excluded from the list of possible outcomes of its incorrect use. Or, even of its correct use.

This software may be duplicated any number of times, and used in private or commercial IT operations. The software may not be sold for profit in any shape or form. Third-party websites and P2P hosts may offer copies for download so long as these conditions are met.

The sourcecode and executables of this software are released under the GNU Public Licence, version 3. Icons and other graphics remain the intellectual property of IWR Consultancy, and may not be used in derivative works without permission.

Thanks are due to the members of the AutoIt coding team at autoitscript.com for the programming language itself, and to various contributors for the library routines which have saved a great deal of work.

It is not necessary to supply sourcecode with every downloaded copy, so long as a link to the publisher's website is included in some form or other at the download location.


From: Ian Macdonald [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2016 1:34 AM
To: bcurran3
Subject: Re: IWRC Website Enquiry

Not met this package manager, but you can roll SSRP out using a silent install option anyway. 

There have been suggestions from site admins that  central adminstration of policies would be useful, and this is maybe something we'll look into. 

We don't offer direct download links. The present setup is designed to keep robots out, a protection which has unfortunately become necessary. Basically when you click the link, a php script runs that does various checks  before allowing you to download the file. 

There is no restriction on hosting a copy elsewhere, though. 

Regards, Ian. 
tools\SoftwarePolicy210Setup.exe
md5: BA82FE4C80BE74F389F21A7040B0BC35 | sha1: 6488987B3A61858DE97746D5E1B0AC13F11D678E | sha256: B22502F28AE5BC4B545FF303F6125800F5C8EBC37FECD176053EAEAAAA553138 | sha512: AC4632E83E95023774E633457664C90A394F6D70E08783644CE7811ABE3C26E6CB5A0A3B3C34AE6F9E76BBABBA1664F7D81E2930895E3FD1A14AA18702A1E2F3
tools\VERIFICATION.txt
https://iwrconsultancy.co.uk/downloads.htm

SoftwarePolicy210Setup.exe.exe

Current version 2.1.0.0 Setup. 1551758 bytes. Released 17/6/2016. VirusTotal Report 
SHA256: B22502F28AE5BC4B545FF303F6125800F5C8EBC37FECD176053EAEAAAA553138 

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

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Simple Software Restriction Policy (Install) 2.1.0.0 675 Saturday, October 1, 2016 Approved

.EXE included in package, see accompanying LICENSE.txt and VERIFICATION.txt files


This package has no dependencies.

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