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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Implementing and supporting 802.1X authentication on your network can be a challenge, but here are some tips that can help save you some time, money, and frustration. 1. Consider a Free or Low-Cost ...

Meetinghouse Data Communications is making available a free, downloadable network authentication software package for Linux operating systems. The client-side or supplicant software package ...

I'm looking at deploying 802.1x (EAP) port authentication to a bunch of wired ports across the company. Our user base consists mainly of Windows machines but also lots of Linux (RedHat Enterprise).

When connecting to an enterprise-secured network with Android devices, users are prompted with many settings that could be confusing. When connecting with iOS devices—an iPad, iPhone, or iPod ...

Recently, T-Mobile announced that they are the firstU.S. Wireless carrier to implement 802.1x (IEEE port-based authenticationalso known asDot1x). This is a huge improvement in the security and ...

During the course of our NAC reviews, we also tested Cloudpath Networks’ XpressConnect. XpressConnect is a small, browser-delivered agent that can reconfigure wireless access profiles and 802.1x ...