[c-nsp] Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS

[Scott Altman]

Thanks for the clarification.  I incorrectly assumed that we would
have consolidated our services had the option been available.  Again,
mistaking political for technical decision making (or do I have that
backwards?)  :)  Apologies to all...

- Scott

On 7/12/05, Voll, Scott <Scott.Voll at wesd.org> wrote:
> We just bought Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 (runs on windows) and we are currently
> using Leap and Peap and it also does ttls, eap, etc.
> 
> We bought it mainly to take care of securing our wireless network.
> 
> Scott
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Scott Altman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:42 AM
> To: Jerry K
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
> 
> Good to know, we have a seperate LEAP infrastructure and you are
> correct in that current ACS doesn't support LEAP (not sure if v4
> will).
> 
> Perhaps someone from Cisco could comment on these two product lines
> and their market direction as it appears they have some significant
> overlap, yet are still maintaining unique feature sets too.  Maybe the
> old Enterprise vs. Service Provider thing coming into play again?
> 
> On 7/12/05, Jerry K <cisco at oryx.cc> wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply Scott.  I don't think that Access Registrar has
> > been down-ported to windows yet.  In 2001/2002 I worked on a large
> > wireless project.  I used Solaris systems as the authentication servers
> > as I needed something that would be very stable.
> >
> > I also needed the availability of the LEAP protocol.  My cisco rep. told
> > me that Cisco Secure ACS for Unix was on the way out and LEAP support
> > would not be added to that product line.  I was told that Access
> > Registrar was where I needed to be.
> >
> > Again, as I stated originally, my information is a little dated, but I
> > would be interested to know if any of this has changed to date.
> >
> > Jerry K
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Scott Altman wrote:
> > > That is incorrect, the ACS is still a supported and developed product.
> > >  ACS 4.0 (due out later this year, I think) is/will be integral to
> > > enterprise NAC implementations and other high-volume authentication
> > > transaction services.  I can only really speak to the Wintel side of
> > > things, from looking at the website it would appear that Unix support
> > > may be lagging, but the overall product is still very much there.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/12/05, Jerry K <cisco at oryx.cc> wrote:
> > >
> > >>My actual experience is a little dated, but it is/was my understanding
> > >>that the Cisco Secure ACS was obsolete and was replaced by Cisco CNS
> > >>Access Registrar, at least for stable platforms.
> > >
> > >
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