Foundry Switches to Provide 802.1x and Dynamic VLAN support for Windows Vista
Clients and Microsoft Network Policy Server
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Foundry Networks(R),
Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end
switching and routing, today announced it will demonstrate standards based
authentication solutions for the delivery of secure policy-based Microsoft
Network Access Protection (NAP) solutions in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion
during the RSA(R) Conference in San Jose, Calif., February 13 - 17, 2006. The
demonstration will show how Foundry switches perform in conjunction with
Microsoft Windows-based clients and the Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS)
to manage policies that restrict client access to network resources based on
the health of the system.
As part of the demonstration, Foundry Networks' switches will be
configured with 802.1x port-based access control to provide user login support
with NPS and enable policy-based client health checks. Health checks will
determine whether the client is allowed access to production resources, or
determine if it will be quarantined for remediation purposes. NPS is
configured to interface with the Foundry switch and dynamically change VLANs
for each user, based on the health of the system. This allows security
managers to ensure that clients are IT policy compliant before they are
permitted access to critical network resources.
"Microsoft is pleased to have industry leaders, such as Foundry Networks,
demonstrating their support for Network Access Protection at RSA," said Mike
Schutz, group product manager, Windows Server division at Microsoft Corp.
"Using standard building blocks for delivering policy-based admission
protection solutions is important to our customers. Foundry's demonstration
will show that using network-based 802.1x port protection, with Windows
Network Policy Server, provides a mechanism for validating client health and
securing network access, without having to resort to proprietary networking
technologies."
"We are honored to be demonstrating our support for Microsoft's Network
Access Protection solution in their partner pavilion at the RSA Conference,"
said Gary Hemminger, director of product marketing for Foundry Networks. "We
see a strong demand for solutions that not only secure network access but also
provide mechanisms for client health validation before access is granted to
internal resources. It is clear that having this capability within Windows
Vista and Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn" will significantly reduce the
deployment and operational costs associated with securing endpoint resources."
About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance
enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and Web traffic
management solutions including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone
switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points,
access routers and Metro routers. Foundry's 9,300 customers include the
world's premier ISPs, Metro service providers, and enterprises including
e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government,
financial, and manufacturing companies. For more information about the
company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit http://www.foundrynetworks.com.
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Media Contact:
Pavel Radda
Foundry Networks
408-207-1332
pradda@foundrynet.com
SOURCE Foundry Networks, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Pavel Radda of Foundry Networks,
+1-408-207-1332, or pradda@foundrynet.com
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