Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA)
I’m off to the IETF meeting in Dallas to attend the NEA BoF. NEA at this point exists as a problem statement with a goal to define a set of standards in the same vein as Cisco’s NAC, Microsoft’s NAP, and the TCG’s TNC. What’s unique about this effort is both Juniper and Cisco are participating (they are two of the coauthors of the problem statement ID). Cisco has not participated in the TNC effort in this same space but Juniper/Funk have. Hopefully this can bring some consistency and ideally interoperability to the two approaches. I reviewed the problem statement draft and it is a good summary of the issues and also the opportunity for standardization.