Welcome to the latest issue of the VPNC Update. We hope you find the news in this issue valuable.
The VPNC interoperability lab has grown a great deal in the last year. We started 2003 with 12 members' products having Basic Interoperability logos; we are starting 2004 with 23 products which have the Basic Interoperability logos and 13 products with AES Interoperability logos! Our on-going testing has helped members increase interoperability and stability in their products, and has helped the marketplace see that interoperability in IPsec VPNs is real.
This month, one product received logos both for Basic Interoperability and for AES Interoperability:
In the coming year, we expect to expand the testing in the VPNC lab even further. We hope to start certificate interoperability testing later this year, depending on the progress of a profile for certificate use in IPsec by the IETF. Assuming that the IETF finishes the Cryptographic Suites for IPsec document, VPNC will begin testing systems that explicitly use those suites. Of course, we will continue to add new systems to the current logo programs, and will continue to re-test systems that have already received logos as VPNC's members update their software and firmware.
See the VPNC testing page for full lists of all the VPNC members' products which have proven interoperability and conformance.
BtNAccess
BtNAccess Expands MPLS-Based VPN Service to 35 Countries Via
Inter-Provider MPLS Connectivity
Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies to Acquire Zone Labs
Check Point Software
Check Point and Sun Microsystems Secure North America's Largest IPv6
Test
Cisco
Cisco Scales the IP/MPLS Core and Speeds Service Delivery at
the Network Edge
Cisco
SBC Metro Ethernet Offering Powered By Cisco 7600 Series Routers
CyberGuard
CyberGuard's Firewall/VPN Appliance Line Achieves Challenger Status
Ixia
Ixia's Network Testing Solutions Selected by Leading
Financial Services Firms
NETGEAR
NETGEAR Extends ProSafe Business-Class Networking Solutions with Launch
of VPN Client Software
NetScreen
NetScreen Achieves Leader Status In METAspectrum Evaluation of the
Enterprise Firewall Market
Quarry Technologies
Tecnonet To Offer Quarry Technologies Security Service Router To
Italian Telecommunications Marketplace
SafeNet
NETGEAR Selects SafeNet's SoftRemote VPN Software for End-to-End
Secure Communications
SafeNet
Movidis Selects SafeNet's SafeXcel-1741 VPN Chip for Securing
Video-on-Demand
SnapGear
CyberGuard Completes SnapGear Acquisition
StoneSoft
Stonesoft Awarded U.S. Patent for MultiLinkú Technology
WatchGuard
WatchGuard Secures 24/7 Internet Trading Platform for Hong
Kong Security Firm
5th IPv6 Interoperability Test Event
Chiba, Japan / January 19-23, 2004
This well-respected IPv6 interoperability event brings together many
participants who have IPv6-enabled systems. IPsec vendors who support
IPv6 will be able to test their IPsec and IPv6 code both for conformance
and interoperability.
MPLS World Congress
Paris, France / February 10-13, 2004
This long-running conference and exhibition covers all aspects of MPLS,
including its use in VPNs and as a core technology for ISPs.
It includes an extensive MPLS interoperability showcase organized by the
MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance.
RSA Conference 2004
San Francisco / February 23-27, 2004
This conference focuses on all sorts of security technologies, with
VPNs being just one aspect. The educational tracks are usually quite
well-attended, and the exhibit floor is often the biggest of the
security-specific trade shows.
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