Researchers to break NAC defense at Black Hat

Researchers at a security company, Insightix, will demonstrate how to break the network access controls of almost any major firewall at the upcoming Black Hat conference. The hack--some may say it's more of a simple trick--involves giving your PC a static IP address instead of accepting a dynamic one from a DHCP server, and they claim to have an antidote product for sale.

For more on BlackHat:
- take a look at this Dark Reading article