Designing Access Controls

Integrating all Parts of the Network Design

Migrating from One Solution to Another

Although 802.1X authentication provides the strongest access control secu- rity, you may not start with that access control method. (See “Choose the Access Control Methods” on page 3-13.) If you start with MAC-Auth or Web- Auth, you may migrate toward 802.1X in the future, as both computers and users become more sophisticated about access control.

To plan for the migration, choose a switch that accommodates 802.1X as well as MAC-Auth and Web-Auth (as do all of the ProCurve switches). Also choose a RADIUS server that supports EAP so that you can easily upgrade to 802.1X, keeping the same server and much the same policies.

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