December 2005
Intermediate to advanced
1032 pages
29h 12m
English
In version 4.7, Cisco introduced the Network Access Control (NAC) feature for IPsec and L2TP/IPsec clients. Like the Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD) feature for WebVPN (discussed in the next chapter), NAC for IPsec and L2TP/IPsec provides a method of validating a user’s access based on their operating system version and applied service packs, the anti-virus software and applied updates, the personal firewall software and applied updates, and the intrusion protection software and applied updates.
With CSD for WebVPN, the concentrator validates a user’s access. With NAC, the concentrator serves as a proxy: the Cisco Trust Agent (CTA) software is installed on a user’s PC and sends the required ...
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