Cornerstone Issue 21: April 18, 2000
Welcome to Issue 21 of Cornerstone, a subscription-only 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.
If you haven't yet registered to attend The Internet Security
Conference in San Jose April 24-28, visit http://www.tisc2000.com
http://www.corecom.com/ia
Core Competence and David Strom are pleased to announce the addition
of Rebel.com NetWinder to our on-going industry report. The NetWinder
combines Internet applications with intra-office collaboration,
file and print sharing. Visit this URL and click on "NetWinder" to
learn more about this appliance.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/icap1.html
The Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (iCAP), now a draft
submission to the IETF, will enable ISPs to run locally targeted
ads, offload virus scanning, and tap into other revenue-generating
application services. In this technology primer, Lisa Phifer
explains iCAP and interviews iCAP Forum hosts Akamai and Network
Appliance. This article was also posted to ISP-Caching.com.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/loadbal_briefs040700a.html
Read about what's happening in the load balancing arena, with
news about Alteon, Resonate, HydraWeb, F5 Networks, and RADWARE
in this product brief written for ISP-Planet.
http://www.clec-planet.com/tech/0004lisa.html
Connecting CLEC operations systems to those of an incumbent carrier
is complicated enough. But when you must connect to multiple
incumbents, the difficulty becomes magnified. Lisa describes the
clearinghouse solution that, for many national CLECs, may someday
prove to be a better approach.
http://www.isp-planet.com/business/slas_for_vpns1.html
Guaranteed service levels for VPN and other managed security
services are starting to emerge. Lisa surveys managed VPN SLAs,
with interviews from GTE and UUNET.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn_windows2000a.html
The new OS from Redmond includes plenty of new security features
-- including embedded protocol support which both simplifies and
complicates remote access VPNs. Lisa's monthly column looks at
Win2K VPN features and their impact on ISPs. This column also made
the news on 3/28 at Windows2KCentral http://www.win2kcentral.com/
http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/imail_intro.html
Lisa reviews Ipswitch's IMail for NT -- an easy-setup, low
maintenance software server that supports a large number of
users/domains for relatively low total cost of ownership.
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INTERNET APPLIANCES
Internet @ppliances Industry Report:
New Product Review - Rebel.com NetWinder OfficeServer
ISP INFRASTRUCTURE
Pending Protocol Promises ISP Revenue Opportunities
ISP-Planet, March 29, 2000
Load Balancing News Briefs
ISP-Planet, April 7, 2000
CLEC-PLANET
The Clearinghouse Approach For Interconnect Gateways
CLEC-Planet, April 6, 2000
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING
SLAs Meet Managed VPNs
ISP-Planet, April 5, 2000
Windows 2000's VPN-Related Security Issues
ISP-Planet, March 27, 2000
MAIL SERVER
IMail: An Inexpensive, Easy-to-Use Internet Mail Server for NT
ISP-Planet, April 10, 2000
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