Cornerstone Issue 19: January 30, 2000
Welcome to issue 19 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.isp-planet.com/technology/xtnd_dial_access_reach-a.htm
The ROI in remote access VPN is in reducing telco charges.
Offering ubiquitous, low-cost access helps build a market
for managed VPN services. In her latest ISP-Planet column,
Lisa takes a look at how enterprises can accomplish this goal,
and the ISP revenue opportunities these options represent.
http://tisc.corecom.com/insight.html
CoreCom's Dave Piscitello has donned an editor's hat to produce
The Internet Security Conference (TISC) Newsletter "Insight".
Bi-weekly, Insight provides commentaries and educational columns,
authored by some of the best minds in the security community.
Members of the TISC faculty and family contributing columns
include Marcus Ranum, Stephen Kent, Bill Hancock, Lisa Phifer,
Char Sample, Ian Poynter, Ed Tittel, Eric Schultze and George
Kurtz. Visit the TISC Insight page to subscribe, or contact
Dave if you wish to contribute an article.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn_briefs-012600.html
Read about recent activity in the VPN market, including
Cisco's purchase of Altiga and Compatible Systems, PSINet
use of Ennovate's network-based VPN gear, VeriSign's wireless
Internet Trust infrastructure, the RADGUARD/Allot alliance
for VPN IPsec + QoS, and multiple PKI support from TimeStep.
http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/qtx_intro.html
CoreCom reviews the Quantex WebXL, an economical, easy-to-set-up
cache running Novell ICS. This is the first in a series of
weekly ISP-Planet cache reviews written by Lisa Phifer.
http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/dcache_intro.html
CoreCom reviews the InfoLibria DynaCache 220i, engineered to
provide robust, fail-safe caching for mid-to-large scale ISP
and enterprise networks. This is the second in a series of
weekly ISP-Planet cache reviews written by Lisa Phifer.
http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/compaq_intro.html
CoreCom reviews the Compaq TaskSmart C2000R, a cache that leverages
Compaq's server-market pedigree to differentiate itself from
other NICS-based products. This is the third in a series of
weekly ISP-Planet cache reviews written by Lisa Phifer. Tune
in next week for a look the CacheFlow 545.
http://www.coyotepoint.com/cpwp.pdf
This white paper, developed by CoreCom's Lisa Phifer for
Coyote Point, explores the benefits and steps involved in
creating a load-balanced server cluster for high-availability,
high-performance web hosting.
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SECURITY
Extending Dial Access Reach: The Key To Unlocking VPN ROI
ISP-Planet, January 6, 2000
TISC Insight Security Newsletter
Published Bi-weekly
VPN News Briefs
ISP-Planet, January 26, 2000
WEB CACHING
Caching Appliance Style: Quantex WebXL 2000
ISP-Planet, January 10, 2000
Fail-Safe Caching: InfoLibria DynaCache
ISP-Planet, January 17, 2000
NICS With Integrated Management: Compaq TaskSmart
ISP-Planet, January 24, 2000
LOAD BALANCING
Deploying Load Balanced Server Clusters with
Cobalt RaQ and Coyote Point Equalizer