Intel AMT taking a NAP!

By Ajith Illendula (Intel) (9 posts) on August 21, 2008 at 10:01 am

If Manageability Engine (ME) can support Wake on Lan, Intel AMT can take a NAP. Hmm, got you thinking huh? Well, this not the same kind of NAP. Check out this blog by Lance regarding the introduction of new Intel AMT SDK and the supported features in the Centrino 2 platform.

One of the new features in the Centrino 2 platform is the support for Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP). As part of the Endpoint access control (EAC) umbrella, Intel AMT now supports 802.1x, Cisco NAC, and now Microsoft NAP. The endpoint access control feature in Intel AMT allows for controlling the network access to client based on its identity and compliance with the corporate policy.

So what can you expect in the Intel AMT SDK for supporting Microsot NAP? Windows Vista, XP with SP2 natively support NAP and for Intel AMT support, we are providing the System health Agent (SHA) that will collect Intel AMT's attributes and pass it to the NAP client.  On the server side, you will need Window Server 2008 for NAP enforcement. For Intel AMT attributes, we are providing a sample System Health Validator (SHV) that can be installed to create policies and enforcement.

Intel SCS supports provisioning of Intel AMT systems for NAP.

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