Welcome to the latest issue of the VPNC Update. We hope you find the news in this issue valuable.
One limitation of interoperability testing is that the products being tested evolve over time. Some testing organizations deal with this by only testing once, ignoring the updated software. VPNC's interoperability testing program actively re-tests new versions of the tested products to make sure that they still interoperate with all the other systems in the VPNC lab. We feel this is important both for VPN users and for VPNC members.
Beginning this month, the VPNC Update will report on the revised products as they are tested. Systems in the VPNC interop test lab which have successfully re-tested with updated software are:
This month, one product received the Basic Conformance logo:
BtNAccess
BiZNET and BtNAccess sign Marketing Alliance to provide IP-VPN
solutions in Indonesia
Check Point Software
Check Point Unveils Check Point Express Internet Security
Designed Especially for the Mid-Sized Business
eSoft
eSoft Adds High Availability To InstaGate Product Line
Inkra
EDS Selects Inkra Networks To Enhance Agile Infrastructure Services
NetScreen
Mexico Attorney General Securely Connects Worldwide Branch
Offices with NetScreen
NetScreen
NEC To Offer NetScreen Solutions in Japan
Quarry
Quarry Announces iQ-IDS Network-Based Intrusion Detection System
SnapGear
New SnapGear Security Appliances Deliver Secure, High Availability
Internet Connections To SMEs
SnapGear
SnapGear Announces New Embedded Linux Platforms For Intel Network
Processors
SSH Communications Security
SSH Licenses VPN Hardware Technology to Mitsumi Electric
SSH Communications Security
SSH Teams With RSA Security To Provide a Trusted Identity And Access
Management Solution
Recently, the IETF has split the PPVPN Working Group into two new, more focused working groups: L2VPN and L3VPN. At the same time as these WGs were chartered, they were moved to the Internet Area of the IETF instead of the Sub-IP Area. Both working groups are still working on provider-provisioned VPNs, but the protocols that they are looking at differ in how the VPNs are set up and maintained by the service provider. It is hoped that this split will both speed up the process of producing standards in the respective areas and reduce the tension between the proponents of the various types of PPVPNs.
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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