Microsoft unveils NAP, APIs for Windows Server 2005
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Microsoft aims to rally the industry around its new network access protection (NAP) architecture and related set of APIs for the next Windows Server, even as it prepares two enhanced security frameworks for future Windows releases.
At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Microsoft said it plans to establish NAP as an industry standard. The technology, previously described by some executives as Active Defense technology, is designed to give end users secure access to the corporate network and IT administrators a way to set policies and detect the "health" and security configurations of incoming PCs, laptops and handhelds.