Welcome to the latest issue of the VPNC Update. We hope you find the news in this issue valuable.
Check Point Software
Washington ISP Selects Check Point Solutions to Intelligently Manage Network
Security
CyberGuard
CyberGuard To Provide Network Security For Major Mideast Energy Corporation
CyberGuard
CyberGuard Unveils New Multi-Gigabit Security Appliance Powerhouse
Encore Networks
Encore Networks Enhances Its "IP+Legacy" VPN Solutions to Target the
Banking/Point of Sale Market
Intoto
SOHOware Selects Intoto Software for Its Next Generation Secure VPN
Router for SMB Market
NetScreen
NetScreen First To Demonstrate IPv6 Support for Both
Firewall and VPN Functions
Nokia
Intellirisk selects Nokia to underpin its outsourced managed security solution
Nokia
Nokia chosen by collaborative cancer research organization to secure its
corporate network
Nortel Networks
KPN Introduces Ethernet VPN Service Using Optical Ethernet
from Nortel Networks
OpenReach
United Armored Services Selects OpenReach to Protect Its Business Networks
OpenReach
Reilly Mortgage Improves Operational Efficiency
And Network Reliability With OpenReach VPN Service
Quarry Technologies
Dacom Selects Quarry Technologies iQ8000 Security Service Router
SafeNet
SafeNet Announces HighAssurance 500 and 1000 Gateways
Stonesoft
StoneGate HA Firewall and VPN Introduces Drop-In Firewall Clustering
Stonesoft
Stonesoft and SecurAppliance Offer Range of Security Appliances
Wipro
Wipro Home Gateways Software Solution is now VPNC Certified
An important new VPN-related document is being actively discussed in the IETF. The document, Security Framework for Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks, describes the security aspects of provider-provisioned VPNs (PPVPNs). The framework will be used by authors of the many proposals for PPVPNs to specify their security characteristics. People interested in the security of PPVPNs should probably review the document soon and send any comments to the mailing list for either the Layer 2 VPNs Working Group or the Layer 3 VPNs Working Group. (Next month's VPNC Update will contain more information about the these newly-formed Working Groups and how they will affect the VPN industry.)
Security technologies can often scare VPN users because of the complexity of the protocols, the daunting number of acronyms, and the lack of consistent vocabulary. Although there are many books available that claim to cover the world of cryptography and the Internet, Network Security: Private Communications in a Public World by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, and Mike Speciner is by far one of the best. It describes both low-level cryptography (such as the math behind digital signatures) and high-level security protocols (such as IPsec and SSL) in an easy-to-understand and often humorous fashion. The book works as well as a textbook as it does a general tutorial on how to secure networks.
China VPN/MPLS Conference
Beijing / October 22-23, 2003
This conference focuses on MPLS in the context of China's telecommunications
and data networks. It features presentations from ISPs and analysts,
as well as demonstrations by MPLS hardware vendors.
MPLS 2003
Washington, DC / October 26-28, 2003
MPLS 2003 covers all aspects of MPLS, with emphasis on using MPLS in
VPNs and for streamlining ISP operations. There will be a
large public interoperability demonstration with
participation from many of the largest vendors in the MPLS market.
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