Network Access Control
Dive into my
CSN-502 presentation
delivered on 31.10.2020, where we unravel the intricacies of Network Access Control, with a special focus on Wireless Protocols. If you’re keen to delve deeper, check out the references for more details. This serves as your quick intro to the topic; the ppt is attached below. 🚀💻
Network Access Control
You must have heard that open and coffee shop wifis are insecure, and one must proceed with cautions. Now think about large corporates or campus networks. There’s a ton of stuff involved here which are private within the network and must be protected via access control and prevented from eavesdropping. Remember, a network is not just used for connecting to the internet. A single malicious device or some malicious programs in some innocent device can bring massive troubles to the network providers. All other stuff related to secure access management applies here as well.
So broadly, it is the job of the Network Access Control System to proactively detect and authorize the devices and put certain access control in place. It should also provide a mechanism to deal with malicious programs and actors acting with bad faith from within or outside the network. read more...