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NWC's Rolling Reviews present a comprehensive look at a hot technology category, beginning with market analysis and wrapping up with a synopsis of our findings. Our extended testing span lets us accommodate today's accelerated revision cycles and focus our attention on individual products, while maintaining a consistent test bed.

In-Band NAC

Introduction: In-Band NAC

We sent five inline NAC vendor a detailed invitation letter with breakdowns of our equipment and made ourselves available for questions. We asked vendors to supply a solution they would recommend for our test scenario leaving a number of decisions open to them.

Consentry Networks LANShield Controller CS2400 and Consentry InSight

A good port-based firewall with potential to be a powerful user-based access control system, LANShield fails to live up to ConSentry's claim of enabling NAC based on making ACL decisions by user.

Vernier Networks' Edgewall and Control Server

EdgeWall has some unique features that help with network integration, but it's got a number of downsides, too.

In-line NAC Rolling Review: Nevis Networks

LANenforcer is at the head of the class in this Rolling Review thus far, though it does have room for improvement.

In-Band NAC Wrap-Up: Three Products You Should Know About

Rolling Review wraps up assessment of ConSentry's LANShield Controller, Nevis' LANenforcer, and Vernier's Edgewall.

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