Joel Snyder

Articles by Joel Snyder

What you need to know about 802.1x

The IEEE security standard can be used over wired or wireless networks and uses Extensible Authentication Protocol. Find out about the other relevant acronyms, like RAS and EAPOL

Network access authentication: Ready for 802.1X?

We test network access control products. The results vary from very strong to very weak and every point in-between

Review: SonicWALL firewalls for under US$1,000

We test two of the latest SonicWALL firewalls that replace the low-end of its product line.

How we tested Cisco IPS 7.0

Network World tested version 7 of the software upgrade to Cisco

Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar with reputation filtering

New global threat correlation feature boosts effectiveness of intrusion prevention devices but could use a more detailed reports. Find out about Cisco

REVIEW: Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar with reputation filtering

New global threat correlation feature boosts effectiveness of intrusion prevention devices but could use a more detailed reports. Find out about Cisco

The NAC train is leaving the station

This fall I spent a week with the InteropLabs team preparing a network access control interoperability demonstration for Interop New York, held in September. Although we wanted to update things from our initial round of testing conducted in the spring, our general objective was to replicate what we had done for Interop Las Vegas in May and not reengineer everything. Despite this modest goal we had almost 30 people working on the labs

NetScreen deal bears Juniper fruit

Although Juniper has always challenged Cisco in the high-end router space, they have not had a product that hits very close to Cisco

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