Re: Impulse Safe Connect

[Peter Charbonneau <Peter.Charbonneau () WILLIAMS EDU>]

Kevin,

We have used the Impulse appliance since May of 2005 and I have just a  
few -quick- comments to make.

First, and I think most importantly, it just works.

We have our Students, most guests, summer conferees and administrative  
departments using it.  I can't remember the last call/ticket/end-user  
problem that resulted from the SafeConnect product.  We have had NO  
virus outbreak on our campus in almost 3 years.  Again, it just works.


Second, we thought it would be a hard sell having a persistent client  
installed on non-college owned assets; it wasn't.
Most students were kind of "whatever" about it; those that became semi- 
paranoid, we educated (I think there might have been 6 or 8 students).

We, also, had documentation ready to send to parents -- we only sent  
out one set of docs to a student's parents.

Third, I was somewhat nervous about using a product from a  
(potentially) lesser known company; I should not have been.
We have an engineer assigned to us; he vettes all calls/email  
messages, and the company support response has been great.

The issues I/we have, though, are not with the appliance or end-user  
connectivity issues, they are because of my "senior moments" in that I  
seldom have to "fool with it".

Additionally, in the past, we have used/demo'd Bradford's CM, and  
Perfigo -- errr Clean Access, and the (now defunct Lockdown Networks).

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me

p

On Mar 25, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
>
> If you are using Impulse’s NAC solution Safe Connect please send me  
> a response on what you think about it (either on or off list).  We  
> are evaluating it against our current CISCO Clean Access setup for  
> our Residence halls.
>
> Thanks,
> -Kevin
>
>
>
> Kevin L. McLaughlin
> CISM, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC,PMP, ITIL Master Certified
> Director, Information Security
> University of Cincinnati
> 513-556-9177 (w)
> 513-703-3211 (m)
> 513-558-ISEC (department)
>
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PeteC


Peter Charbonneau
Sr. Network and Systems Administrator
Williams College
(413) 597-3408 (office)
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