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AP-120 SERIES CONFIGURATIONCLEARPASS ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSto be very confident that the network doesn’t profile a device incorrectly and thus createa security breach.With ClearPass, Aruba now offers the industry’s most accurate device detectioncapabilities that can be used for access control.34. How does Aruba’s Dynamic Profiling differ from competitive offerings?The Policy Manager platform is capable of using baseline fingerprinting data from DHCPand web browsers within a policy, as well as using more advanced techniques directlyfrom Active Directory, device agents and provisioning data.Competitive solutions usually stop at baseline fingerprinting. ClearPass Profile benefits themost from the information gathered by provisioning the device. During provisioning,ClearPass interacts directly with the OS kernel and has full visibility into devicecharacteristics. Solutions that don’t provision the device cannot provide the same level ofprofiling accuracy?35. Where does network access control fit within the ClearPass solution?ClearPass OnGuard licensing utilizes persistent and dissolvable agents to perform postureand traditional NAC health checks against policies that reside in the Policy Manager. Theagents can authenticate any node in a Policy Manager cluster. Pre- and post-admissioncontrols are natively supported through NAC and Microsoft network access protection(NAP) methods.ARUBA NETWORKS CHANNEL PARTNER CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE PAGE 20