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Protect Your Network with PacketFence
Packet Fence integrates a number of useful tools, including network access control, intrusion detection, captive portals and more, into a protective powerhouse.
PacketFence is a free and open source
network access control (NAC) system. This Linux-based application primarily provides
network access control, monitoring, and intrusion detection. It gives you several network
protection features, which includes the following:
Captive portal: Can be used to require users to login before using the
network or to present instructions to a user on a web page, blocking all other network
traffic, when a problem is detected.
Malware detection and alerting: Along with internal features, PacketFence
can work with remote sensors like from Snort.
Vulnerability scans with Nessus: Can use the external Nessus program to
periodically run vulnerability scans.
Isolation of problematic devices: One of the several isolation techniques
PacketFence support is VLAN isolation (with VoIP support), where problematic clients
would be moved to a designated VLAN. Switches from many vendors are supported.
DHCP fingerprinting: Used to automatically allow or disallow specific device
types (such as VoIP phones or Wi-Fi equipped game systems).
In this tutorial, we'll see how to set up and get started with PacketFence.
