Cisco not releasing NAC client as open-source code

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Feb 21, 20071 min

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Cisco not releasing NAC client as open-source code, 02/20/07

Cisco says it is not releasing its NAC client software code to the open source community, nor does the company have plans to exit the endpoint security client business, despite a Cisco executive telling the contrary to the media earlier this month.

Cisco says 77 of routers open to ‘drive-by pharming’, 02/20/07

Cisco is warning users that nearly 80 of its routers are vulnerable to a hack tactic that got play last week.

Wireless in the Enterprise Newsletter: Cisco unifies security across wireless, wired LANs, 02/19/07

If you are a Cisco wired network shop and also use Cisco’s thin-AP, controller-based wireless LANs, you can now apply wired Cisco security functions to your Wi-Fi traffic.

Cisco Subnet: 3Com exposes Cisco as a closed platform?

Patrick Ancipink, AlterPoint director of product marketing, in his blog says Cisco will be exposed for its “proprietary lock-in strategy” as 3Com digs deeper with its Open Services Networking initiative that lets third-party and open source applications run on 3Com gear.