Patent ID: 8924577

Claim:
A system comprising a server computing device and at least one software module that are together configured for performing actions comprising: recognizing an attempt by a client to access the server computing device; determining whether a status of the attempting client complies with a quarantine enforcement policy, where the determining comprises receiving a statement of health from the attempting client, comparing the statement of health with the quarantine enforcement policy, and transmitting a statement of health response to the attempting client indicative of compliance with the quarantine enforcement policy, where the transmitted statement of health response comprises, in response to the status not complying with the quarantine enforcement policy, at least one particular patch that, when successfully installed on the attempting client, will cause the status to comply with the quarantine enforcement policy; allowing the attempt in response to the status complying with the quarantine enforcement policy, the allowing the attempt resulting in the attempting client succeeding in accessing the server computing device; and denying the attempt in response to the status not complying with the quarantine enforcement policy, the denying the attempt resulting in the attempting client failing to access the server computing device.