RE: RADIUS-MAC vs RADIUS-802.1x

["Riley, Steve" <steriley () amazon com>]

What threats are you attempting to mitigate using 802.1X on a wired network?

There's an arcane artifact of 802.1X on a wired network that renders it ineffective for completely blocking unknown 
clients, if that's your goal. I wrote about that when I was working at Microsoft: 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512611.aspx.


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Subject: RADIUS-MAC vs RADIUS-802.1x

Hello list,

I would like to secure access to my network using RADIUS authentication. I've two choices:  RADIUS-MAC  and 
RADIUS-802.1x with certificate I want to kwon which of the two do you find easy to manage. In the doc I read, 
RADIUS-802.1x is more recommended for wireless and RADIUS-MAC for wired networks. My network is wired and personally I 
prefer RADIUS-802.1x which I think combines security and manageability.

What do you think ?


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