Many switches today support 802.1X authentication, a basic building block in NAC. The key question is what kind of access authenticated users can expect. In the six-test scenarios we developed for ...

Is there such a beast? I've got a heterogenious environment (Linux, Windows, Solaris, VMware) with laptops, workstations and servers, and it's time to implement 802.1x. I'll probably start with the ...

802.1X is maturing, but it will take a skilled network technician to configure it in products across any large deployment. While previous iLabs security-based testing focused strictly on how the IEEE ...

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When WEP's flaws became apparent, the wireless industry started developing new protocols to address the published weak points. These new protocols grew up around the IEEE 802.1x framework, which is a ...

In the network access control products we tested, authentication varies from very strong to very weak, and every point in-between. When starting down your path of evaluating NAC products, decide very ...

Let me preface all of this by stating that I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING. That, however, doesn't mean that management cares. We have a whole bunch of 3550s all over the office, and I've ...

Both product lines include 60 and 100 W models with multiple 10/100/1000 copper ports; all support the legacy 802.3af (15 W) and 802.3at (30 W) IEEE standards. Models are available with multiple ...