Software update: Packetfence 1.7.3

An NAC system can be used to secure a network environment. This allows you to automatically block network devices when an undesirable situation occurs according to the pre-set policies. Think of unknown network devices of visitors, a worm that tries to spread or even an authorized device that has been supplied with another operating system via a boot flop or live CD. Packetfence is one such nac system with support for 802.1x and vlan isolation, with which a network device can be placed in the correct vlan after analysis. The developers have released version 1.7.3 of Packetfence with the following list of changes:

New Features:

• added support for Dlink DES3526 (contributed by Treker Chen)
• added support for HP Procurve 2500
• added support for HP Procurve 4100
• added trap community configuration parameter