Cornerstone Issue 15: August 4, 1999
Welcome to issue 15 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://tisc.corecom.com
Virtual Private Networking, eCommerce, PKI, and Biometrics
are featured topics of the weeklong program of events
comprising our first East Coast presentation of The
Internet Security Conference. We have an outstanding slate
of one-day workshops presented by these industry experts:
Friday 1/2 day seminars will feature David Bovee, Ray Kaplan,
and Marcus Ranum.
In addition, on Monday October 11, we will present VPN @ TISC,
a full-day workshop that combines tutorials and live
demonstrations of VPN technology. On Tuesday October 12,
we'll be presenting eCommerce @ TISC, a conference track
designed by respected Internet authority David Strom devoted
exclusively to electronic commerce. Our two-day Security Symposium
will address intrusion detection, VPNs, authentication, security
policy and architecture. Our Vendor Exhibits and Interoperability
Lab will run at convenient times for attendees, and we have
a full slate of social events scheduled to help balance
business and education with pleasure and community-building.
All Cornerstone readers and their colleagues are entitled to
a 20% discount off registration. Please call 408-354-2500
directly for this discount.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn-customers-a.html
Lack of vendor consensus on the definition of "VPN" nearly two
years after initial deployment leaves ISPs wondering: What
do customers expect from an outsourced VPN service today?
Lisa Phifer explores a number of trends and differentiators
in the emerging VPN services market in this ISP-Planet column.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn-cpe-a.html
Picking the right CPE for a particular VPN service customer isn't a
trivial problem. Lisa Phifer sorts out the tangle of solutions and
highlights the hot-button issues in her latest ISP-Planet column.
http://www.corecom.com/ia
Core Competence and David Strom are pleased to announce the addition of
Internet Appliance SES 1500 to our on-going industry report. The SES
targets medium-sized enterprises looking for a simple but sophisticated
appliance with a good mix of web, email and firewall services. Visit
this URL and click on "SES 1500" to learn more about this appliance.
CoreCom Prez David Piscitello has relocated to Hilton Head Island:
David Piscitello
This location replaces our Dresher office. Please direct all
correspondence with Dave to his new Hilton Head office, and all
billing matters to our existing Chester Springs office.
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THE INTERNET SECURITY CONFERENCE
The Internet Security Conference
October 11-15, 1999, World Trade Center, Boston, MA
* Radia Perlman and Charlie Kaufman,
* Stephen Kent,
* Tina Darmohray,
* Char Sample,
* Phil Cox,
* Ed Tittel and Michael Stewart,
* Jon Rochlis and Dan Geer,
* Eric Schultze and George Kurtz
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
What do ISP Customers Expect from a VPN Service?
ISP-Planet, June, 1999
Choosing Customer Premise Equipment for VPN Services
ISP-Planet, July, 1999
INTERNET APPLIANCES
New Product Review - Internet Appliance SES 1500
Internet @ppliances Industry Report
OUR NEWEST OFFICE: HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA
Core Competence
3 Myrtle Bank Lane
Hilton Head, SC 29926
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