VPNC Update for September, 2008

Welcome to the latest issue of the VPNC Update. We hope you find the news in this issue valuable.

VPNC Member News

This month, VPNC welcomes a new member: NetKlass.

NetKlass was founded by a team of professional router researchers dedicated to designing and producing network appliances. It provides security, firewall protection, and bandwidth management service for its customers to minimize the requirement for network maintenance and maximize the focus on work efficiency and performance. Netklass has been appraised in CMMI ML 2 in 2007. They will keep devoting the company to creating a win-win situation with its customers.

VPNC Testing News

IKEv2 is still an important topic with VPNC's members. This month, one product received the IKEv2 Basic Interoperability logo:

Mocana, Embedded IPsec/IKE (version 3.2)

Also this month, one product renewed its three logos (Basic Interoperability, AES Interoperability, and IKEv2 Basic Interoperability) after updating its firmware:

Wind River, IPIKE (version 6.5.3)

Also this month, one product renewed its Basic Interoperability and AES Interoperability logos after updating its firmware:

phion, netfence (version 4.0.4)

See the VPNC testing page for full lists of all the VPNC members' products which have proven interoperability.

Recent VPNC Member Press Releases

See the VPNC member list for a complete list of VPNC members.

AEP Networks
AEP SmartGate's Functionality Protects Personal Data in Transit

Certicom
Daintree Networks Licenses Certicom ECC Technology for Wireless Smart Metering Applications

Check Point
Check Point Extends Best-Of-Class Security to Protect Virtualized Applications

Cyberoam
Cyberoam Identity-Based UTM Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award For Best In Content Filtering

Juniper
High-Performance Integrated ISG 2000 Firewall/VPN and IDP Security Solution Protects Nationwide Communications Infrastructure

Juniper
Juniper Networks Delivers Industry's First Centralized Network and Security Management for Routing, Security and Switching

SafeNet
SafeNet to Showcase Optimized IPsec Security Functions for New Family of Intel Processors at Annual Intel Developer Forum

SonicWALL
SonicWALL Secures Virtual Call Center for Ascend One

SonicWALL
SonicWALL Named Company of the Year in Security Appliances by Its Partners, in VARBusiness Annual Report Card

Stonesoft
Stonesoft Virtual Appliances Uniquely Suited For Virtual Environments

Stonesoft
Stonesoft to Support VMware VMsafe Technology

Wind River
Wind River Adds Support for New Intel Integrated Processor Line for Embedded Devices

VPN Standards News

In August, the IETF published the new standard for TLS, version 1.2. RFC 5246 updates the earlier TLS and SSL standards with new features and clarifications. The new standards will likely be adopted by the common web browsers and many VPN SSL appliances in the coming year.

Upcoming VPN-related Events

Interop New York
New York, NY / September 15-19, 2008
This is a smaller version of Interop Las Vegas, which is still probably the largest networking show in the world. This conference has a sizable show floor for vendors and a large, fast-paced educational track. Because of the large attendance, many cybersecurity vendors regularly exhibit at Interop.

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