if-map
May 12th, 2008 at 09:45am
Under Advocacy+ TNC
Alan Shimel at StillSecure saw the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup’s new protocol IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point), and he seems to think it will be the next big thing, covering not just NAC (Network Access Control), but spreading out to affect IDS/IPS (Intruder Detection/Prevention Systems), vulnerability management, SIMs, and [...]
Continue Reading Another pundit excited by TNC’s IF-MAP
Tags: if-map, interop
By Ken Y-N
May 8th, 2008 at 07:38pm
Under Uncategorized
Just a quick heads-up that the Trusted Computing Group has published their key presentations from Interop Las Vegas on their official site. Be sure to visit to check out the IF-MAP stuff in particular!
Continue Reading TCG at Interop Las Vegas 2008
Tags: if-map, interop
By Ken Y-N
May 8th, 2008 at 04:37pm
Under TNC
The highlight for the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) from the Interop Las Vegas conference must surely be the Trusted Network Connect’s (TNC) new protocol IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point). This time it was Sean Michael Kerner writing for InternetNews.com waxing lyrical on its merits.
With backing from both Cisco and all the members of the [...]
Continue Reading NAC uniting under the TNC banner
Tags: cisco, if-map, interop, microsoft, nac
By Ken Y-N
May 8th, 2008 at 02:36pm
Under TCG
One of the biggest buzzes from the recent Interop Las Vegas conference, the leading event for the networking industry, was the announcement of the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup’s new protocol, IF-MAP, the Interface for Metadata Access Point.
With many of the 140-plus member companies of the TCG contributing towards this specification, [...]
Continue Reading IF-MAP protocol excites Interop
Tags: if-map, interop, open source
By Ken Y-N
