[pfSense-discussion] Policy Enforcement: Can pfSense beat it?

[DarkFoon]

Hi everybody. A friend of mine recently informed me that his college is going to be adding some "policy enforcement" devices (Cisco brand) to their network that will push Symantec Security software onto all computers on the campus network. If your computer doesn't meet the policy, it is denied internet access. Linux computers are exempt frm this for some reason (yeah *BSD != linux, I know).  He doesn't want this Norton garbage pushed onto his PC, so he asked me if a firewall like pfSense would stop this nonsense. However he says that the machine must "look" like a Linux box to the campus "policy enforcement" device.   My questions are: is pfSense immune to fingerprinting? Or can I alter the values it reports back? Also, do you think this would even work? (Would it trick the policy enforcement and allow him access through it?)   I ask because you are the experts. I no longer have the free time I once had to research this myself (being a student also), so I am asking for the knowledge that comes with experience in the field.   I understand that this question is a little "out there" and highly off-topic; my apologies if it belongs elsewhere.   Thanks you very much in advanced. -a Rossi