[26504] in resnet
Re: NAC solution removal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Fielden)
Tue Jun 14 08:43:28 2011
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:43:01 -0400
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From: Ben Fielden <fieldenb@GWU.EDU>
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We've had NAC for roughly the same amount of time. First Cisco Clean Access
and now the Juniper UAC. We too are considering not continuing forward with
it in place, but we're still evaluating that decision.
-Ben
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Ben Fielden
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Nathan Hay <nphay@cedarville.edu> wrote:
> We had NAC for 3 years and then removed it. We found that having a NAC
> solution greatly degraded the user experience and greatly increased our
> workload.
>
> We opted to do some simple things, like not allow wireless clients (most of
> our student laptops) to talk to each other to prevent the spread of viruses
> between computers. We also have anti-malware/anti-virus capabilities build
> into our firewall to help prevent computers from getting infected while on
> the campus network.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan P. Hay
> Network Engineer | Computer Services
> Cedarville University | www.cedarville.edu
> 937-766-7905
> twitter: @nathanphay
>
>
> >>> Michael P Hizny <mhizny@binghamton.edu> 6/14/2011 8:29 AM >>>
> After having a NAC solution in place for the last 8 years, we are
> re-evaluating whether or not we really need to support a solution of this
> type anymore. Have any other Universities done, or considered removing
> their NAC solution?
>
>
>
> *Michael Hizny*
>
> *Binghamton Univeristy*
>
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We've had NAC for roughly the same amount of time. First Cisco Clean Ac=
cess and now the Juniper UAC. We too are considering not continuing forward=
with it in place, but we're still evaluating that decision.<div>-Ben<b=
r clear=3D"all">
<div><br></div><div>--</div>Ben Fielden<div><div>Manager of Technical Suppo=
rt</div><div>Student Technology Services</div><div>Division of Information =
Technology</div><div><a href=3D"http://it.gwu.edu/sts" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tp://it.gwu.edu/sts</a></div>
</div><div>202-994-2597</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-family=
:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">Division of Inf=
ormation Technology staff members will=A0<font color=3D"#222222">NEVER ask =
for your=A0</font>password!</span></div>
<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Nathan =
Hay <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nphay@cedarville.edu">nphay@ced=
arville.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
We had NAC for 3 years and then removed it. =A0We found that having a NAC s=
olution greatly degraded the user experience and greatly increased our work=
load.<br>
<br>
We opted to do some simple things, like not allow wireless clients (most of=
our student laptops) to talk to each other to prevent the spread of viruse=
s between computers. =A0We also have anti-malware/anti-virus capabilities b=
uild into our firewall to help prevent computers from getting infected whil=
e on the campus network.<br>
<br>
Nathan<br>
<br>
Nathan P. Hay<br>
Network Engineer | Computer Services<br>
Cedarville University | <a href=3D"http://www.cedarville.edu" target=3D"_bl=
ank">www.cedarville.edu</a><br>
937-766-7905<br>
twitter: =A0@nathanphay<br>
<br>
<br>
>>> Michael P Hizny <<a href=3D"mailto:mhizny@binghamton.edu">m=
hizny@binghamton.edu</a>> 6/14/2011 8:29 AM >>><br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5">After having a NAC solution in place for =
the last 8 years, we are<br>
re-evaluating whether or not we really need to support a solution of this<b=
r>
type anymore. =A0Have any other Universities done, or considered removing<b=
r>
their NAC solution?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
*Michael Hizny*<br>
<br>
*Binghamton Univeristy*<br>
<br>
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