PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted network access control (NAC) system. It includes a captive portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and wireless management, 802.1X support, layer-2 isolation of problematic devices, and integration with the Snort IDS and the Nessus vulnerability scanner. It can be used to effectively secure networks, from small to very large heterogeneous networks.
| Tags | Networking Security 802.1x |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Perl PHP |
| Translations | English |
Recent releases


Release Notes: A major release focused on new features and enhancements. Statement of Health (SoH) support for reliable client-side policy compliance, detection of rogue DHCP Servers through routers, RADIUS Change of Authorization (RFC3576) support for reliable and fast authorization changes, new charts in Web Admin, wireless profile provisioning for iPod, iPhone, and iPad devices, SNMP traps overload protection, improved captive portal detection on Mac OS X Lion and mobile devices, and support for stacked Cisco 3750 switches. There are also the usual minor performance optimizations and several bugfixes.


Release Notes: A minor release focused on important fixes but with some enhancements. There are performance improvements, Cisco 6500 switch support, better support for the HP Procurve 5400, translation improvements, new add-on tools, and better documentation. There are cosmetic changes in the Web Admin, fixes for some network device problems, several inline enforcement improvements, and handling of some captive portal corner cases.


Release Notes: This minor release focused on small improvements and fixes, including some security fixes. Enhancements included Trapeze hardware support, support for wireless devices in bridge mode, and guest management options put behind configurable values. There were several inline enforcement and guest management fixes, changes to default firewall rules, fixes for long-standing issues with the pie charts in the Web admin, and several other minor bugfixes.


Release Notes: This is a major release focused on several new features. It has a redesigned captive portal, complete guest management including self-registration of devices by email activation or SMS, and pre-registered guest creation by administrators. It has a new feature to secure network access on unmanageable (consumer) devices (so-called inline enforcement). Bandwidth tracking with RADIUS accounting, RHEL / CentOS 6 support, and several usability improvements are in as well. Several things that annoyed the developers but that involved breaking changes have been fixed.


Release Notes: Minor release focusing on stability. There's new hardware support: AeroHIVE AP, Dlink DES3550, DGS3200, and HP ProCurve 5400 series. Improved support for ExtremeNetworks Summit series. Enhancements include an improved user experience with iPod, iPhone, and iPad, performance improvements, documentation updates, and other minor polish. Issues fixed include a very important Cisco problem related to Voice over IP, a node expiration problem, Nortel switch problems, and some installer errors.
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