Re: [fw-wiz] "802.1x"?

From: Gary Flynn (flynngn@jmu.edu)
Date: 12/17/02 

From: Gary Flynn <flynngn@jmu.edu>
To: "Dawes, Rogan (ZA - Johannesburg)" <rdawes@deloitte.co.za>
Date: Tue Dec 17 15:50:01 2002

Dawes, Rogan (ZA - Johannesburg) wrote:

> I have seen exactly this device requested (not in so many words, but as the
> subject of a research project with Microsoft and Cisco) by a fairly large
> client of ours, and if such a thing existed (at a reasonable price,
> naturally) I'm almost convinced they'd buy it.

I was under the impression that 802.1x support is built in
to Windows XP and thus a network of XP and Cisco could
take advantage of this technology today. That doesn't help
us any here with our installed base but gives me hope
for the future. 

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Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University
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