Ugh, "journalists" with agendas. I wouldn't accept Joel's conclusions on much of anything without running them through your own reality filters. (Anyone else's, either, including mine. But especially his).
NAC/NAP were (and still are) poorly defined, therefore hard to specify; they were/are generally complicated and hard to implement. Many (most?) are trivial to bypass. All that said, it can be useful for managing/cleaning a network. If you want to really lock down and protect a secure and clean network, it probably won't make you happy. If you are trying to get a handle on the typical network mess and improve management/visibility, NAC might be pretty good if you can justify the expense. I would suggest taking a look at Bradford and Napera (based on recommendations of people I trust, not personal experience). I've been playing with the NetClarity NACwall appliance (also sold under the BlackBox name), I like it- but they are friends of mine so YMMV. Jack On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Albert R. Campa <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone still looking into NAC or actually using a NAC type solution? I am > looking at hardware or agentless NAC, but came across this article and > havent heard much about it. > > > http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2010/052410-network-access-control-test.html > >
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