PacketFence

PacketFence
Developer(s)Community headed by Inverse Inc.
Initial releaseDecember 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)
Stable release
14.0.0 / September 6, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-09-06)
Repository
Written inPerl, Golang, JavaScript
Operating systemLinux
Size14.2MB
TypeNetwork access control
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitepacketfence.org

PacketFence is an open-source network access control (NAC) system that provides the following features: registration, detection of abnormal network activities, proactive vulnerability scans, isolation of problematic devices, remediation through a captive portal, 802.1X, wireless integration and User-Agent / DHCP fingerprinting.

The company that develops PacketFence, Inverse Inc. was acquired by Akamai Technologies on February 1, 2021.[1]

PacketFence version 10 supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and its derivatives, notably CentOS, and Debian Stretch. Inverse Inc. has also been releasing a version of PacketFence dubbed the "Zero Effort NAC", which is a standalone Virtual Appliance that is preconfigured installation of PacketFence, making it easier than ever to deploy a NAC in your environment.

PacketFence version 11 added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and it's derivatives, notably CentOS, and Debian Bullseye.


Further reading

  • Marcotte, Ludovic; Gehl, Dominik (2007-04-01). "PacketFence". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  • Wallen, Jack (2007-12-18). "SolutionBase: Use PacketFence to stop unwanted network traffic". Techrepublic. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  • Wallen, Jack (2007-12-20). "SolutionBase: Installing and configuring Network Access Control with PacketFence". Techrepublic. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  • Wallen, Jack (2007-12-21). "SolutionBase: Administer PacketFence with ease via Web interface". Techrepublic. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  • Balzard, Regis; Gehl, Dominik (2008-01-01). "PacketFence Revisited". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  • Gehl, Dominik; Balzard, Regis (2008-08-20). "PacketFence 1.7 offers client-free open-source NAC". LinuxWorld.com. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  • Buford, Cory (2008-09-23). "Securing your network with PacketFence". Linux.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  • Bilodeau, Olivier (2011-12-01). "PacketFence: Because NAC doesn't have to be hard!" (PDF). Insecure Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

References

  1. ^ "Akamai Technologies, Inc. Acquires Inverse". www.packetfence.org. Retrieved 2021-06-22.


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