"Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA): Overview and Requirements", Paul Sangster, 18-Apr-08. ( bytes)

This document defines the problem statement, scope and protocol requirements between the components of the NEA (Network Endpoint Assessment) reference model. NEA provides owners of networks (e.g. an enterprise offering remote access) a mechanism to evaluate the posture of a system. This may take place during the request for network access and/or subsequently at any time while connected to the network. The learned posture information can then be applied to a variety of compliance oriented decisions. The posture information is frequently useful for detecting systems that are lacking or have out of date security protective mechanisms such as: anti-virus and host-based firewall software. In order to provide context for the requirements, a reference model and terminology are introduced.

"PB-TNC: A Posture Broker Protocol (PB) Compatible with TNC", Ravi Sahita, Stephen Hanna, Ryan Hurst, 4-Apr-08. ( bytes)

This document specifies PB-TNC, a Posture Broker Protocol identical to the Trusted Computing Group's IF-TNCCS 2.0 protocol. The document then evaluates PB-TNC against the requirements defined in the NEA Requirements specification.

"PA-TNC: A Posture Attribute Protocol (PA) Compatible with TNC", Paul Sangster, 11-Apr-08. ( bytes)

This document specifies PA-TNC, a Posture Attribute Protocol identical to the Trusted Computing Group's IF-M 1.0 protocol. The document then evaluates PA-TNC against the requirements defined in the NEA Requirements specification.

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