• Source: PacketFence

PacketFence is an open-source network access control (NAC) system that provides the following features: registration, detection of abnormal network activities, proactive vulnerability scans, isolation of problematic devices, remediation through a captive portal, 802.1X, wireless integration and User-Agent / DHCP fingerprinting.
The company that develops PacketFence, Inverse Inc. was acquired by Akamai Technologies on February 1, 2021.
PacketFence version 10 supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and its derivatives, notably CentOS, and Debian Stretch. Inverse Inc. has also been releasing a version of PacketFence dubbed the "Zero Effort NAC", which is a standalone Virtual Appliance that is preconfigured installation of PacketFence, making it easier than ever to deploy a NAC in your environment.
PacketFence version 11 added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and it's derivatives, notably CentOS, and Debian Bullseye.




Further reading


Marcotte, Ludovic; Gehl, Dominik (2007-04-01). "PacketFence". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
Wallen, Jack (2007-12-18). "SolutionBase: Use PacketFence to stop unwanted network traffic". Techrepublic. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
Wallen, Jack (2007-12-20). "SolutionBase: Installing and configuring Network Access Control with PacketFence". Techrepublic. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
Wallen, Jack (2007-12-21). "SolutionBase: Administer PacketFence with ease via Web interface". Techrepublic. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
Balzard, Regis; Gehl, Dominik (2008-01-01). "PacketFence Revisited". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
Gehl, Dominik; Balzard, Regis (2008-08-20). "PacketFence 1.7 offers client-free open-source NAC". LinuxWorld.com. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
Buford, Cory (2008-09-23). "Securing your network with PacketFence". Linux.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
Bilodeau, Olivier (2011-12-01). "PacketFence: Because NAC doesn't have to be hard!" (PDF). Insecure Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-23.




External links


PacketFence website
PacketFence on GitHub




References



FLOSS Weekly 155: PacketFence, at the FLOSS Weekly podcast, March 2, 2011, retrieved March 3, 2011.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• PacketFence
• TCP/IP stack fingerprinting
• Akamai Technologies
• Network Admission Control
• Network Access Protection