[c-nsp] Re: Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
Scott, Bob
bob.scott at cingular.com
Tue Jul 12 12:11:06 EDT 2005
Currently the Cisco ACS Unix version is being phased out and the windows
version is the direction that Cisco has decided to continue. The latest
version for CiscoSecure ACS is 3.3.3 that runs on a windows platform.
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS (Jerry K)
2. Re: Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
(Scott Altman)
3. Re: Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
(Scott Altman)
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:30:48 -0500
From: Jerry K <cisco at oryx.cc>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
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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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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:35:40 -0500
From: Scott Altman <staltman at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
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I think there is a minor misunderstanding here. You can access the ACS GUI
from anywhere, it's not one of those 'only-runs-on-localhost'
apps, so you can configure it from your desk or wherever. The ACS GUI runs
on it's own port (tcp:2002) so there is no web-server admin associated with
it. Or what am I missing here about your situation?
ACS does have a CLI component, but I don't know if it supports 100% of the
features that are available in the GUI and overall support and advice would
be a nightmare as I would suspect everyone uses the GUI.
- Scott
> Need to know so that we either get eXceed clients or get a graphics
> card+screen for the SunFire V120 included in the budget
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:41:56 -0500
From: Scott Altman <staltman at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Minimum Sun hardware requirement for running ACS
To: Jerry K <cisco at oryx.cc>
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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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