Vendor comparison

To do: lets compare products fairly... this probably need to be combined into MAC-based and 802.1x based products, and concentrate only on the key competitors, and differentiate between open source and commercial?

OpenVMPS limitations

OpenVMPS works on a file basis, has no database, GUI, and is very intolant of errors on the configuration. FreeNAC is in fact an effort to make OpenVMPS enterprise-ready..

Problems With Cisco “VMPS” and “MAC Port” Authentication.

If you use the VMPS server on old catalysts already for limiting LAN access, what are the limitations?

• Lack of management features
• Monitoring
• Alerting
• Ease of use
• GUI
• User & device DB integration
• Lack of support from Cisco

Cisco NAC

TBD

Microsoft NAP

TBD

Juniper

TBD

What does FreeNAC *not* do?

• Layer 3 access control (for example offerning an automated web page with logon, but allowing layer 2 access with an IP address via DHCP..)
• VPN or firewall access control
• Remediation / quarantine vlans (planned)
• MAC authentication on non-cisco switches