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EAD Configuration
Intro
enhance
of switch, AAA sever, security policy server and security client, EAD is able to
With
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e validity of the session control packets it receives according to the source IP addresses
eduling priority for user terminals according to
access rights of users dynamically.
Typi
an isolate the users that are
these users to update their virus databases and install
duction to EAD
Endpoint Admission Defense (EAD) is an attack defense solution. Using this solution, you can
the active defense capability of network endpoints, prevents viruses and worms from spreading on the
network, and protects the entire network by limiting the access rights of insecure endpoints.
With the cooperation
evaluate the security compliance of network endpoints and dynamically control their access rights.
EAD, a switch:
Verifies th
of the packets: It regards only those packets sourced from authentication or security policy server
as valid.
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Dynamically adjusts the VLAN, rate, and packet sch
session control packets, whereby to control the
cal Network Application of EAD
EAD checks the security status of users before they can access the network, and forcibly implements
user access control policies according to the check results. In this way, it c
not compliant with security standard and force
system patches.
Figure 34-1
shows a typical netwo
Figure 34-1
Typical network application of EAD
Virus patch server
rk application of EAD.
Authentication server
Security policy server
Client
EAD
The
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ername, user type, and password). For local
ure these attributes on the switch; for remote authentication, you
Configuration
EAD configuration includes:
Configuring the attributes of access users (such as us
authentication, you need to config
need to configure these attributes on the AAA sever.
