Designing Access Controls

Choose the Endpoint Integrity Deployment Method

Table 3-41. Preliminary Decisions for the Endpoint Integrity Deployment Method

Factor

Weight

Private Wired

Public Wired

Private

Public

Remote

 

 

 

 

Wireless

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected access

1

802.1X

DHCP

802.1X

DHCP

n/a

control method

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

2

802.1X

Inline

802.1X

Inline

Inline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing network

4

802.1X

DHCP

802.1X

DHCP

Inline

infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection type

3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Inline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

802.1X

DHCP

802.1X

DHCP

Inline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For PCU, the network administrators’ earlier reality checks have served them well: all zones support the selected methods.

In summary, the PCU zones will deploy their NAC 800s with the endpoint integrity deployment methods shown below.

Table 3-42. Deployment Method by Zone

Zone

Deployment Method

Private wired

802.1X

Public wired

DHCP

Private wireless

802.1X

Public wireless

DHCP

Remote

Inline

 

 

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