Hello, my name is Keith Barker, and welcome to this set
of videos.
I'm so glad you're here.
When we have networks and we have
devices that want to connect into those networks,
do we just want to allow anything or anybody to connect?
In a corporate environment, the answer is no.
We want to know as soon as possible who that individual is
behind that device and then, based on that--
which we refer to as authentication and finding out
who that user is--
based on that we want to authorize them for the access
rights that they need.
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Or if they're not authenticated, perhaps we
want to cut them off right there at the edge of the network.
Well, fortunately, we have the ability to do that with
a technique for network authentication called 802.1x.
And in this set of videos, I'd like
to share with you the framework and several of the options
that we have in working with network access devices that
are the front lines of defense in conjunction
with identity servers like identity services engine.
And that way, we can control access into our networks
at the edge of those networks.
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And we'll continue our journey in the very next video as we go
further into the details of what exactly is 802.1x.
I'll see you there in just a moment.