The next Galveston Community Network meeting will be held at noon on Wed Oct 10th at City Hall, 823 25th Street in the Council Workroom

Agenda –    Introductions

-          Presentation by Identity Engines who are experts on 802.1x port-based Network Access Control

-          Discuss possible topics by Global Knowledge for Lunch and Learn

-          Identify meeting locations for spring 2008

-          Other GCN Business

The presentation and lunch hosted by Identity Engines.

If anyone has any vendors that you think would be good to invite for future GCN meetings please let me know.

Future meetings -                   

       2007 Dates             

                        Nov 14, 2007    – Rosenberg Library

                        Dec 12, 2007     - UTMB

                        Jan 9, 2008         - TAMUG

Here is further information on the Oct Presentation –

·         Legacy RADIUS Server replacement  -- Ignition™ Server

·         Only major commercial hardened AAA/RADIUS server not running on Windows

·         Hi-availability appliances (RADIUS is now a mission critical service)

·         Advanced policy server w/ complex conditions (XACML)   

·         Guest account management -- Ignition™  Guest Manager

·         Industry-first solution which delegates guest account creation to front-desk/ help desk and issues role-based access (both issuer and issued)

·         Track guest “internet-only” accounts by creating uid/pwd credentials which are sent via SMS/MMS messages           

·         Self-registration and paid access (via CC/Paypal integration)  

·         Easy encrypted wireless and 802.1X without IT burden-- Ignition™ AutoConnect 

·       Industry-first solution which dynamically “walks-the-user” and gets rid of ongoing 802.1X/WPA laptop configuration headaches for internal users and students.