IEEE 802.1X is a standard that defines how to provide authentication for devices that connect with other devices on local area networks (LANs). It provides a mechanism by which network switches and ...

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 NAC 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 early what kind of ...

Anyone developing wireless LAN (WLAN) systems knows the security problem created by the wired equivalency protocol (WEP). The bigger issue designers must wrestle with is how to solve the problems ...

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 ...

While 802.1X is acknowledged as the most secure way to do NAC authentication, the fear factor accompanying 802.1X is so great that there are more products in our test that avoid 802.1X than work well ...