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 ...

Many organizations have put off the deployment of IEEE 802.1X authentication for years while waiting for networking and computing vendors to make it easier. Earlier this year, the IT team at Brigham ...

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 ...

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 ...

IEEE's wireless security amendment adds stronger encryption, authentication, and key management strategies that go a long way toward guaranteeing data and system security. With the falling cost and ...

The 802.1X category products (Avenda eTIPS, Enterasys NAC, HP ProCurve Identity Driven Manager, Juniper UAC, and to a lesser extent, Microsoft NAP and Symantec NAC) all actively participate in the ...