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Asked: 2011-10-21 13:01:15 +0800 CST

Network Access Control with Linux

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Are there any projects to provide NAC support in Linux? My main aim is to accept/deny access to other network on a Linux Firewall after asking the operating systems' NAC agents about the client's health.

For example: if the client has no antivirus installed, this Linux will block the client's traffic.

Some switches have such capabilities. Is it possible in Linux?

linux networking 802.1

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  1. It sounds like you are looking for packetfence... it runs under Linux...

    PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set including a captive-portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and wireless management, powerful guest management options, 802.1X support, layer-2 isolation of problematic devices; PacketFence can be used to effectively secure networks small to very large heterogeneous networks.

    You need to use packetfence + nessus (nessus wikipedia article) to enforce anti-virus policy

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