In our initial PacketFence article in the April 2007 issue of LJ, we introduced the great network access control (NAC) solution that rivals the best ones on the market. On that occasion, we covered ...

Do you know who connects to your wired and wireless networks, when and where? Do you know who is using applications forbidden by your network usage policy, such as maybe LimeWire or Gnutella? With the ...

In a previous article, I discussed some of the basic features of network access control (NAC) systems. While there are many commercial vendors of NAC systems, turning to an open-source product can ...

Back in 2003, before network access control (NAC) became one of security's hot buttons, a few engineers at Harvard University developed a way to detect end points, discover their configurations, and ...

A pair of Harvard University IT staffers last week released a free virtual appliance that supports their open source network access control platform — just one of many free NAC tools springing up to ...

In this edition of 5 open source things to watch, we take a look at security products that will guard against threats without robbing your kitty. Data security is always top of mind for CIOs and CSOs, ...