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NAC NEWS UPDATES

The following is a list of new things out there in the Cisco NAC World. The NAC Market is continuing to grow in 2009 and with the growth the products will continue to evolve, get better and have more options. Security Options Abound: New NAC Release My friends over at TechWiseTV are a huge multi-media machine, producing video, audio and podcasts. Well this PodCast is on NAC 4.5, Alok Agrawal of the NAC Business Unit and Myself dive into some of the cool features of 4.5. All of the podcasts can be subscribed to through iTunes. To access the NAC podcast go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns339/ns638/ns719/html_TW/tw_episode_198.html And to get more information on all the great stuff coming from Techwise TV visit: http://www.mytechwisetv.com/ or http://cisco.com/go/interact NAC Layer 3 Out of Band Design Guide That Uses VRF-Lite for Traffic Isolation Cisco wrote a new configuration guide on using VRF-Lite for traffic isolation. This is a great configuration option for NAC, ...
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NAC Support Logs in 4.5

Many people might be wondering what happen to the handy dandy support logs that used to be located in the "/perfigo/logs/" directory in previous NAC versions. Well in version 4.5 there were some enhancements to the logging and with those enhancements came new placement of the logs. These logs are most commonly used to troubleshoot NAC during deployments. Please do not turn on advanced logging without reading the documentation fully or with the assistance of Cisco TAC. The CAM log can be found at: /perfigo/control/tomcat/logs/nac_manager.log The CAS log can be found at: /perfigo/access/tomcat/logs/nac_server.log For those of you not familiar with what the logs contain, please feel free to reference the CAM and CAS Configuration Guides: CAM Admin Guide - Support Logs CAS Admin Guide - Support Logs
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Cisco NAC Appliance 4.5 Released

The time has come.... 4.5 is here It can be downloaded here! (Require Valid Smartnet Contract) As with all NAC releases, be sure to read the RELEASE NOTES before upgrading! CAM/CAS Configuration Guides: Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.5 New! Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.5 New! Bottom line is that 4.5 brings way too many features to list. That is why the release notes will help! Looks for future posts on new features and benefits!
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Configuration Example - Wireless Out Of Band - New NAC 4.5 Feature

The following is a configuration guide that was posted to explain how to configure NAC 4.5 with Wireless LAN Controller 5.1 for NAC Wireless OOB support. NAC Out-Of-Band (OOB) Wireless Configuration Example Wireless OOB is a feature we all have been waiting for. Some of the great benefits that I see are: - No need for a second Clean Access Server(CAS) just for wireless. If you are a smaller organization wireless and wired can be performed on a single CAS. - Bandwidth benefits for larger wireless infrastructures. With 10Gbps network backbones and large central wireless deployments(lots of clients), having a OOB wireless deployment is a no brainer. This is one of a few great features coming out with NAC release 4.5.
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NAC Updates

Windows Clean Access Agent Version 4.1.7 Released - Sept 30th In this release their are a few minor resolved caveats: - Symantec AntiVirus 10.x not fully compatible with CCA Agent - V ista Agent does not detect MAC Address of Wireless NIC - AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.x support for Virus Definition check As with all upgrades, it is highly recommended to read the release notes before upgrading. Also, on a side note, remember that upgrades should be done for a purpose, either to fix a caveat or to gain new features. Download 4.1.7 Windows Agent Release Notes 3 NEW Configuration Examples posted to CCO - NAC Appliance (CCA): Configure High Availability (HA) for the Clean Access Manager (CAM) 29/Sep/2008 - Deploy NAC Profiler in an Existing Out-of-Band NAC 02/Sep/2008 - Importing SSL Certificates to NAC Profiler 02/Sep/2008 To see all the previous Configuration Examples and TechNotes How to Block Operating Systems with CCA A friend of mine, Rob Chee, writes a blog on network security and had a...
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New Configuration Examples

Cisco posted two new Configuration Guides: NAC: LDAP over SSL on the Clean Access Manager (CAM) This example will walk you through using SSL with your LDAP Auth Server. NAC: LDAP Integration with ACS Configuration Example This example will explain how to use Cisco NAC Profiler for MAC Auth Bypass(MAB) for 802.1X deployments. To see all the previous Configuration Examples and TechNotes
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Cisco NAC Profiler Documentation

Cisco NAC Profiler is here, and let me tell you this product makes deployments go a lot smoother. How nice is it not to have to find all of your Printers, IP Fax Machines, UPS management, Game Consoles, etc. If you are interested in NAC Profiler services or consulting, please contact me jsanbower hotmail.com or visit www.force3.com To save everyone some time, the following is a list of all the public documentation on Cisco NAC Profiler: Cisco NAC Profiler Data Sheet http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/products_data_sheet0900aecd806b7d4e.html Cisco NAC Profiler Brochure http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/prod_brochure0900aecd806b7e8c.html Cisco NAC Profiler Q & A http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/products_qanda_item0900aecd806b5d40.shtml Cisco NAC Profiler Ordering Guide http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/prod_bulletin0900aecd806b7d69.html Configuration Guide 2.1.7 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/profile...
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Mapping Users to Roles using LDAP

Cisco Posted a new Configuration Guide on how to use LDAP to map users to roles. This is relevant for any deployment integrating with LDAP as an auth server (e.g. Active Directory) or performing LDAP lookup with AD SSO. NAC(CCA) 4.x: Map Users to Certain Roles Using LDAP Configuration Example Make sure you check it out before your next LDAP auth server deployment.
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