PacketFence Zero Effort NAC (ZEN) consists of a fully installed and
preconfigured version of PacketFence 2.0.0 inside a VMWare image. The
ZEN edition of PacketFence allows you to rapidly get PacketFence running
in your network environment.
=== What is PacketFence ? ===
PacketFence is an open-source network access control (NAC) system which
provides an impressive list of supported features. Among them, there are :
* Registration using a captive portal
* Detection of abnormal network activities using Snort
* Proactive vulnerability scans using Nessus
* Isolation of problematic devices
* Remediation through a captive portal
* 802.1X for wired and wireless networks
* Wireless integration for all provided features
* DHCP fingerprinting and more!
A set of screenshots demonstrating PacketFence is available from
http://www.packetfence.org/tour/screenshots.html and a set of videos is
available from http://www.packetfence.org/tour/videos.html
=== Changes Since Previous Release ===
PacketFence ZEN 2.0.0 is a major release bringing new features, new
hardware support, several enhancements, improvements to documentation
and a load of small fixes. It includes:
* Improvements from the upstream PacketFence 2.0.0 release
* The deployment procedure for VMWare ESX and Workstation/Fusion has
been simplified
* Updated the base operating system to 64-bit with all available
security updates
For the complete list of changes in PacketFence 2.0.0 see
http://www.packetfence.org/en/news/2010/article/packetfence-200-released.html
=== Getting PacketFence ===
PacketFence ZEN is free software and is distributed under the GNU GPL.
As such, you are free to download and try it by either getting the new
release from :
http://www.packetfence.org/download/zen.html
or by getting the sources from the official monotone server using the
instructions at :
http://www.packetfence.org/development/source_code_repository.html
Documentation about the installation and configuration of PacketFence is
available from :
http://www.packetfence.org/download/documentation.html
=== How Can I Help ? ===
PacketFence is a collaborative effort in order to create the best Free
and Open Source NAC solution. There are multiple ways you can contribute
to the project :
* Documentation reviews, enhancements and translations
* Feature requests or by sharing your ideas
* Participate in the discussion on mailing lists
(http://www.packetfence.org/support/community.html)
* Patches for bugs or enhancements
* Provide new translations of remediation pages
=== Getting Support ===
For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing to
[email protected]
You can also fill our online form
(http://www.inverse.ca/about/contact.html) and a representative from
Inverse will contact you.
Inverse offers professional services to organizations willing to secure
their wired and wireless networks with the PacketFence solution.
--
Ludovic Marcotte
[email protected] :: +1.514.755.3630 :: www.inverse.ca
Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence
(www.packetfence.org)
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