Cornerstone Issue 12: March 8, 1999
Welcome to issue 12 of Cornerstone, an electronic newsletter
issued periodically by Core Competence.
Cornerstone reports on a wide range of networking topics and
activities involving Core Competence. A brief abstract explains
what you will find if you choose to visit each URL.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/99/06/nr04-06.48d.htm
Dave Piscitello collaborates with Fred Avolio to investigate the
MailGuardian secure enterprise mail solution from Vanguard.
http://tisc.corecom.com/news.html
The Internet Security Conference (TISC) and PublicPort, Inc. will
debut PublicPorts at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California,
April 19-22 . PublicPort systems will provide attendees with
laptops quick, secure access to high-speed network connections from
public LANs in the TISC email center.
http://tisc.corecom.com/sra.html
We are delighted to announce that the Security Research Alliance has
selected The Internet Security Conference to host the inaugural
Crystal Ball Symposium, a forum designed to provide a look into the
future of advanced security research. Representatives of the advanced
research organizations at Cisco Systems, DARPA, GTE Government
Systems, Network Associates, Lucent Bell Labs, and Sun Microsystems
will present next generation security issues in a series of technical
sessions on Tuesday April 20, 1999.
http://www2.zdevents.com/db/owa/session_home?v_session_id=5242
Dave Piscitello teams with David Bovee, INS, to present a one-hour
seminar on the many service opportunities that can be delivered
using virtual private network technology.
http://events.internet.com/spring99/workshops/ping.html
This session presented by Lisa Phifer will define Virtual Private
Networking (VPN) and illustrate this emerging technology with live
demonstration of selected products reviewed by CoreCom in Internet
World's IW Labs columns.
http://www.westworldproductions.com/archive/1999/0299ctr/5978.htm
Jack Holloway and David Piscitello explore the latest in the seemingly
endless ways to deploy Ethernet in this feature article. Home
Phoneline Networking promises to deliver 10 Mbps and beyond by sharing
the same household wiring used for voice (Ubiquitous RJ-11!)
http://www.xdsl.com
With all the enthusiasm over cable modem and flavors of DSL, and with
the near ubiquity of V.90 modems, has ISDN's moment in the sun come
and gone? Dave and Lisa offer a critical look at ISDN in this month's
TeleChoice Report on xDSL, a printed newsletter. Send mail to
xdsl@telechoice.com and ask for Volume 4, Number 3, or simply
"the March 1999 issue".
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NETWORK SECURITY
MailGuardian delivers transparent security to users
InfoWorld, February 8, 1999
CONFERENCES
The Internet Security Conference and PublicPort, Inc. to provide
first ever public Ethernet ports for attendees at San Jose event
TISC hosts Security Research Alliance Symposium
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING SEMINARS & PRESENTATIONS
New World Service Provider Summit:
Virtual Private Networks - The Service Provider Opportunity
Wednesday, March 24, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM, Denver, Colorado
Spring Internet World 1999: TCP/IP Technology Workshop on VPNs
Thursday, April 15, 2:45 PM - 5:15 PM, LA Convention Center
HOME NETWORKING
High-speed Home Networking over Impaired Copper Channels
ComputerTechnologyReview, February 1999
Whither ISDN?
TeleChoice Report on xDSL, March, 1999
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