Welcome to the latest issue of the VPNC Update. We hope you find the news in this issue valuable.
Jungo Software Technologies is a leading supplier of residential/SOHO gateway software. Jungo's field-proven OpenRG platform provides OEMs/ODMs with the software infrastructure needed to bring residential/SOHO gateways, cable/DSL routers, wireless access points and integrated access devices to market faster. OpenRG includes an optimized Linux-based operating system, optional VxWorks support, communication and routing protocols, VPN, Firewall, wireless LAN security, Universal Plug and Play, web-based management, remote upgrade capabilities, and a wide range of home networking applications.
This month, one new product received the logo for Basic Interoperability:
A major difference between VPNC's testing program and many others is that VPNC re-tests the interoperability of members' systems when they update their software or firmware. This re-testing helps assure users that the updates did not adversely affect the interoperability that had been assured earlier.
This month, two systems that already had proven interoperability were retested:
See the VPNC testing page for full lists of all the VPNC members' products which have proven interoperability and conformance.
Check Point Software
Check Point Unveils World's First Internal Security Gateway to Protect
Internal Corporate Networks and Applications
Check Point Software
Mexican Government Chooses Check Point to Secure More Than 3,000 Virtual
Classroom Sites
Cisco
Linksys Announces New 10/100 8-port VPN Router
Encore Networks
RAMTelecom Selects Encore Networks to Deliver Satellite Broadband
VPN Solutions Throughout Canada
Microsoft
Microsoft Announces Broad Availability Of Internet Security and Acceleration Server
2004 Beta 2
NetScreen
NetScreen Delivers New Solutions for Telecommuter and Remote Office
Environments
NetScreen
NetScreen Leads in Security Appliance Market Share Growth According to
Market Research Report
SafeNet
Allied Telesyn Selects SafeNet's SafeXcel-1141 VPN Chip for Securing
Enterprise Applications
SnapGear
CyberGuard's SnapGear Launches Embedded Firewall Network Card For
Distributed Security Control
SSH Communications Security
SSH Receives FIPS 140-2 Certification
Stonesoft
Stonesoft Broadens Support for IBM eServers
IPsec Virtual Private Networks: Conformance and Performance Testing from Ixia, describes the importance of good methodology when testing either for conformance or performance of IPsec systems. It describes the difficulties of creating good metrics for conformance due to the ambiguities in the IPsec specifications, and the challenges of writing performance test suites that are relevant to a particular customer. Of course, it also describes ways of getting over these problems and how to analyze the results of the tests that are run.
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.
European VPN Services Forum
London / April 19-21, 2004
This conference covers VPN services, convergence of voice and data over
VPNs, and the combining of WANs and VPNs, all from a European perspective.
The conference covers VPNs from the perspective of both the service
provider and the VPN user.
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