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Best Practices in Authentication and Access Control

Category: Security

Tags: authentication

Overview User authentication is necessary for identity based access control, and 802.1X clearly promises to meet this need. 802.1X has been around for a number of years and has been proposed as the user authentication solution for both wired and wireless LANs. This paper describes 802.1X and its role in pre-connect LAN Security.

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Publisher
Nevis Networks
File Format
PDF
Date Published
May 31, 2008
Format
White Papers
Topics
Best Practices, Security Management

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