Welcome to the latest issue of the VPNC Update. We hope you find the news in this issue valuable.
VPNC continues to grow with the always-active VPN market. Our new member this month is:
Stonesoft
Stonesoft Corporation provides enterprise-level network security and
high availability clustering technology for companies deploying
business-critical network applications on Internet and mobile servers.
Stonesoft's StoneGate is a firewall and VPN solution providing advanced
security, dynamic load balancing and high availability. StoneBeat
clustering products provide the same functionality for third-party
firewalls, Web and content scanning in wired and wireless environments.
All of Stonesoft's solutions are designed to enable the secure, highly
available enterprise.
VPNC's recently-issued white paper defining VPNs has garnered positive reviews in the trade press and VPN industry. The white paper is one of the first to clarify the features of the various types of VPNs and to give consistent definitions to the terms used.
For many years, the VPN market has grappled with the split between secure VPNs (typically based on the IPsec protocol) and trusted VPNs (typically based on the MPLS protocol). VPN users often got conflicting messages about the value and cost of each type of VPN. Worse yet, customers of a particular vendor or service provider had a hard time understanding the features that were being sold to them.
Recently, VPNC opened its membership to include VPN manufacturers and service providers who cover any of the technologies listed in the white paper. Many of VPNC's current members support only IPsec, although several VPNC members manufacture VPN hardware, or offer VPN services, for both secure VPNs and trusted VPNs. The members who offer both include:
The technical and marketing arms of these companies, and of many other companies in the VPN market, have needed a simple set of definitions that they can use with their customers.
The VPNC white paper is a work in progress. The market has not settled on which technology or technologies will be most used for trusted VPNs. "Layer 3" VPNs, which use IP routing to update paths, and "pseudo-wire" VPNs, that emulate pluggable wires between sites, both have many supporters among vendors and service providers. (A third technology, "virtual routers", has failed to garner much support because of the high processor overhead for switches.) Although IPsec is by far the most favored secure VPN technology, there is still a need for greater standardization to increase secure interoperability.
VPNC's members will continue to help shape these technologies and the markets where they are used, and future versions of the white paper will track the changes. Of course, all changes to the white paper will be announced in this newsletter and on the VPNC web site.
This month, one VPNC member successfully finished their testing for the Basic Conformance logo:
Please see the VPNC interoperability and conformance testing page for a complete list of vendors who have received the VPNC testing logos in all categories.
Avaya
Brasil Telecom Selects Avaya to Provide Secure Managed Virtual Private
Networks to Businesses
Check Point
BM and Check Point Announce First in Series of
Integrated VPN/Security Appliances
Check Point
Leading Clothing Manufacturer Uses Check Point VPN-1 To Expand Global
Communications And Reduce Costs
CyberGuard
CyberGuard Uses Most Advanced Encryption Technology To Connect Networks
Securely
eSoft
eSoft's InstaGate Product Passes Interoperability Testing by the VPN Consortium
Intoto
Intoto Receives Full VPNC Certification
NetScreen
Barclays Global Investors Selects NetScreen Products To Secure Network
Connections Around The Globe
NetScreen
Service Provider Ionex Chooses NetScreen For VPN Security
SafeNet
SafeNet Provides NEC Solutions America with SoftRemote Client for Wireless Security
SSH Communications Security
SSH IPSec Toolkit Chosen by CipherOptics for Gigabit Ethernet Performance
Stonesoft
Stonesoft Announces Industry's Most Sophisticated VPN Client
V-ONE
V-ONE Corporation Announces Availability of Mac OS X VPN Client
Software
WatchGuard
WatchGuard Announces New Firebox SOHO 6 Products
Wipro
HomeNetwork System selects Wipro's Home Gateway Intellectual Properties
A new white paper from OpenReach, Demystifying VPN, is a novice's guide to IPsec-based VPNs and security. The paper covers general topics like encryption and authentication, and then moves to IPsec-specific topics such as tunneling.
Networld+Interop Fall
Atlanta, GA / September 8-13, 2002
Probably the largest networking show in the world, this conference
has a huge show floor for vendors and a large, fast-paced educational
track that covers many VPN-related topics.
Deploying and Realising True Revenue Potential of IP and MPLS VPN
London / September 4-6, 2002
This conference is aimed at service providers who are deploying (or are
intending to deploy) trusted VPNs as services for customers. It focuses
on end-user requirements and strategies for marketing trusted VPNs to
customers.
MPLS Congress
London / September 16-19, 2002
The focus on of this conference is on MPLS VPNs, reflecting the high number
of MPLS VPN deployments seen this year. It covers the differences
between layer 2 and layer 3 MPLS VPNs, and compares MPLS VPNs with other VPN
Technologies such as ATM, Frame Relay, IP, and IPsec.
China MPLS and VPN Conference
Beijing / September 18 - 20, 2002
This is a large regional conference focused on MPLS and VPN technologies
for Chinese users and providers.
MPLScon Fall
Denver, CO / October 7-10, 2002
MPLScon is the best-known of the MPLS-specific trade shows. It has
a strong educational component and is aimed at a technical audience.
MPLS2002
Washington DC / October 27-29, 2002
A long-running show with an emphasis on exhibitors. It is followed by
a public interoperability demonstration on October 30.
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