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Re: [Nea] UPDATED: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-27 05:56:01
"Mike Fratto" <mfratto(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
At a very high level, this isn't much different than RADIUS, which
defines the data formats and protocols between a network access device
such as modem pool and the RADIUS server. Vendor specific attributes
are supported and the standards don't attempt to provide
*meaning*--that is left upto the vendor defining the specific
attributes.

  To put it another way, many network access protocols (DHCP, RADIUS,
etc.)  have been doing posture assessment and network access control
for a very long time.  The concepts behind NEA are not new.

  The new part in NEA is the desire to do *more* than what the current
access protocols have to offer.  Even if NEA was to leverage existing
protocols to their fullest extent, we would *still* need a
standardized way to exchange the data needed to implement the "more"
part of NEA.

  Alan DeKok.
--
  http://deployingradius.com       - The web site of the book
  http://deployingradius.com/blog/ - The blog

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