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	Title		: Requirements for Network Endpoint Access (NEA) 
	Author(s)	: H. Khosravi, et al.
	Filename	: draft-khosravi-nea-requirements-00.txt
	Pages		: 17
	Date		: 2006-5-23

This document defines the interface requirements between the 
components of the NEA (Network Endpoint Assessment) conceptual 
architecture.  NEA provides owners of networks (e.g. an enterprise 
offering remote access) a mechanism to learn the operational state 
or posture of a system requesting network access and then apply this 
knowledge to the network admission decision.  In this case, 
operational posture refers to information about the configuration 
and use of hardware and software capabilities available or running 
on the system.  This information is frequently useful for detecting 
systems that are lacking (or have out of date) security protective 
mechanisms (e.g. anti-virus, firewall.) 

In order to provide context for the requirements, a conceptual 
architecture and terminology is introduced.  This architecture is 
provided for informational purposes but is based on the models used 
by NAC[9], NAP[10] and TNC[8]. 

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