December 2008 - Posts

The no enforcement design for NAP
22 December 08 03:20 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

Although NAP can be used to enforce restricted access for noncompliant NAP clients and non-NAP-capable clients, NAP can also be used to provide you with information about the overall level of health compliance on your network and correct system health Read More...

Filed under: Deployments, design

Network Access Protection Troubleshooting Guide is live!
22 December 08 07:39 AM | MS NAP Team | 1 Comments   

Hey citizens of New NAP City! The Network Access Protection Troubleshooting Guide , authored by our very own technical writer and NAP Forum hero Greg Lindsay, is now live! This completes the product documentation set for NAP in Windows Server 2008. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd348515.aspx Read More...

Filed under: Troubleshooting, Resources, operations

Resources for using certificates with NPS and NAP
19 December 08 07:59 AM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

An interesting but also somewhat complicated element of deploying a network access method with or without a NAP health evaluation is the use of digital certificates. Digital certificates can be used to provide strong authentication for remote access VPN Read More...

Filed under: Deployments, Resources

NAP clients for Linux and Macintosh are available
16 December 08 02:36 PM | MS NAP Team | 2 Comments   

NAP Clients for Linux and Macintosh are available from Avenda and UNETsystem, Inc. Avenda The Avenda Linux NAP Agent includes 802.1X enforcement, the Avenda System Health Agent (SHA), and the Avenda Linux NAP Agent System Health Validator (SHV), which Read More...

Filed under: Linux, Partners, Macintosh

How to install Cisco's EAP-FAST method, from the EAP product team
12 December 08 08:16 AM | MS NAP Team | 1 Comments   

The Extensible Authentication Protocol-Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (EAP-FAST) EAP type from Cisco Systems, Inc. has been certified for compatibility with Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 and is now available from Read More...

Filed under: Partners, NAP-NAC

Network Access Protection Deployment Guide is live!
03 December 08 03:18 PM | MS NAP Team | 1 Comments   

Greetings NAP fans! The Network Access Protection Deployment Guide , authored by our very own technical writer and NAP Forum hero Greg Lindsay, is now live! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd314175.aspx The NAP Deployment Guide provides detailed Read More...

Filed under: IPsec, 802.1X, VPN, DHCP, Resources, configuration