August 21st, 2008 at 01:29pm Under TNC
On the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) official blog, Steve Hanna posted about TNC (Trusted Network Connect) and IF-MAP. He gives a quick introduction of what it is, then describes a short paper written by the Interop Labs team on IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point).
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August 19th, 2008 at 01:17pm Under TNC
Mark Mayne published an interesting look at NAC (Network Access Control) growning pains on the SC Magazine UK blog. It’s rather a lengthy article, but well-balanced and with quite a bit of information about the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect protocol. It’s difficult for me to summarise consisly, so just visit the site and [...]
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July 16th, 2008 at 02:27pm Under TNC
Steve Hanna of Jupiter Networks has posted his impressions on his recent visit to Japan on his Got the NAC blog. There he talked on Trusted Network Connect and other general Trusted Computing Group (TCG) issues to representitives from Japanese government and corporations, researchers, manufacturers and even a few journalists about the TCG technology. On [...]
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Tags: interop, japan, juniper, steve hanna
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June 16th, 2008 at 01:33pm Under TNC
As mentioned in passing in a recent post, nSolution’s NOVA appliance will be part of a multi-vendor demonstration of systems working together to realise a solution built upon the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) work group’s IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point) protocol. nSolution’s CTO and VP of Engineering, Kamlesh Mehta, had [...]
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June 9th, 2008 at 03:20pm Under TNC
InformationWeek has published an overview of the IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point) from the TCG’s (Trusted Computing Group) TNC (Trusted Network Connect) workgroup, focusing on how this new protocol can be used to integrate disparate devices for stronger NAC (Network Access Control). Perhaps the first question many people have is what exactly is IF-MAP [...]
Continue Reading Technical roadmap for IF-MAP
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June 9th, 2008 at 08:47am Under TNC
The SearchNetworking magazine recently published a long detailed look at new ways to secure networks, including a short look at the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup’s proposals. Although there is little specifically relating to the TCG in the article, it’s a good backgrounder nonetheless. First, the article highlights that security needs [...]
Continue Reading Where the TNC fits into network security
Tags: nac, searchnetworking
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May 26th, 2008 at 03:04pm Under TNC
From NetworkWorld I have caught wind of a book by Daniel V. Hoffman entitled Security Technologies: The Complete Guide to Network Access Control. The book covers what NAC (Network Access Control) is, how it can be applied in business, and how the main players, Cisco, Microsoft, and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) have designed their [...]
Continue Reading Implementing NAP and NAC Security Technologies: The Complete Guide to Network Access Control
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May 20th, 2008 at 07:32pm Under TNC
Recently, NetworkWorld published an overview of the latest development from the TCG’s (Trusted Computing Group) TNC’s (Trusted Network Connect Workgroup) new IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point) protocol for integrated endpoint security across the network. NetworkWorld’s summary of what IF-MAP can do for you is as follows: With IF-MAP, various devices can be integrated into [...]
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May 20th, 2008 at 01:32pm Under TNC
As a resident of Japan myself, this short taster for a keynote address by Steve Hanna of Juniper Networks and co-chair of the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect Workgroup at the upcoming Interop Japan 2008 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba from the 9th (Monday) to 13th (Friday) of June caught my interest. He [...]
Continue Reading Steve Hanna to talk on NAC at Interop Japan 2008
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May 14th, 2008 at 01:43pm Under TNC
As I have been talking a lot about the coverage of the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup, and about the open source reaction to anything TCG-related, I thought it would be interesting to list some of the open source initiatives underway to support the TNC protocols. To support these projects, the [...]
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