| Security services in mind, StillSecure buys ProtectPoint StillSecure is looking to get into the security services business with the acquisition of ProtectPoint today. Novell enters NAC market via partnership Novell is getting into network access control via an OEM agreement with StillSecure that initially provides a stand-alone product but also includes plans to ensure that software works well with Novell’s ZENworks configuration management. StillSecure provides flexible NAC with SafeAccess StillSecure Safe Access is an appliance that can be deployed in three scenarios – as part of an 802.1X authentication scheme, sitting in-line or working in conjunction with DHCP server. In the last scenario, which is sometimes the only option for an organization based on infrastructure limitations, is when SafeAccess performs an endpoint assessment before the DHCP server gives the endpoint an IP address and provides network access. The drawback with DHCP is that a static IP addresses can bypass the endpoint-assessment process. A networking reality: Customers like boxes StillSecure has decided to face a networking reality: customers like boxes. While it may be less expensive to buy software and install it on off-the-shelf servers, for some reason, customers seem to prefer buying a hardware/software combo that they can plug in and have support for. NAC questions nag at big security vendors Symantec and McAfee appear to be bumping up against a common wall when it comes to one component typically found in security software suites: Network access control. Windows 7 gets IPsec VPN client Windows 7 is still in beta, but that hasn't stopped German security developer NCP Engineering releasing what it claimed is the first universal IPsec VPN client for it. It is making the software available as a free beta ... Alcatel-Lucent broadens Carrier Ethernet lineup Alcatel-Lucent unveiled enhancements to its Carrier Ethernet lineup that include a customer premises switch for business VPNs. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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