"Mike Fratto" <mfratto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At a very high level, this isn't much different than RADIUS, which > defines the data formats and protocols between a network access device > such as modem pool and the RADIUS server. Vendor specific attributes > are supported and the standards don't attempt to provide > *meaning*--that is left upto the vendor defining the specific > attributes. To put it another way, many network access protocols (DHCP, RADIUS, etc.) have been doing posture assessment and network access control for a very long time. The concepts behind NEA are not new. The new part in NEA is the desire to do *more* than what the current access protocols have to offer. Even if NEA was to leverage existing protocols to their fullest extent, we would *still* need a standardized way to exchange the data needed to implement the "more" part of NEA. Alan DeKok. -- http://deployingradius.com - The web site of the book http://deployingradius.com/blog/ - The blog _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf