Cornerstone Issue 28: December 4, 2000



Welcome to Issue 28 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.

BROADBAND SECURITY

http://www.corecom.com/html/livesecurity.html
Security and xDSL
WatchGuard LiveSecurity

David Piscitello is a member of WatchGuard Technologies' LiveSecurity Advisory Council. He writes a monthly column for WatchGuard LiveSecurity, a service that allows subscribers to stay current on security issues. Here, Core Competence republishes Dave's 4-part series on Security and xDSL, with WatchGuard's permission.

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING

http://www.searchnetworking.com/
Network-Based VPNs
On-Line Chat with Lisa Phifer, Wednesday, December 6th

Join SearchNetworking.com on Wednesday, December 6th at 2:00 p.m. EDT for this on-line chat, where Lisa will be discussing the benefits and limitations of network-based VPNs, an up-and-coming alternative to today's customer premises VPNs.

http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/remote_access_conundrum-1-1.html
IPsec Remote Access Part 1: Extended Authentication
ISP-Planet, November 30, 2000

Can ISPs offer IPsec-based remote access VPNs without the expense of building (or buying) a PKI? In this month's ISP-Planet VPN column, Lisa Phifer writes about Hybrid Authentication, one approach for integrating legacy authentication into IPsec-based VPNs.

http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/cisco_vpn.html
Cisco Joins the Network-Based VPN Market
ISP-Planet, November 9, 2000

In this ISP-Planet product brief, Lisa Phifer writes about the Cisco VPN 5008, a new access concentrator designed to support network-based VPNs.

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS

http://www.isp-planet.com/services/uroam1.html
Secure Desktop Access From Just About Anywhere
ISP-Planet, November 7, 2000

uRoam's SSL-based remote access technology offers mobile professionals a convenient solution to the old "I left it at the office" dilemma. Lisa Phifer reviews this new PCAnywhere-like service for ISP-Planet.

http://www.aspnews.com/news/trends/article/0,2350,4341_503991,00.html
Loudcloud's Early ASP Clients Give Their Verdict
ASPnews.com, November 6, 2000

As a follow-up to last month's profile on Loudcloud, Lisa Phifer spoke with Loudcloud's announced ASP customers Catapulse, eDeploy.com, Interelate, Mercury Interactive, and StatementOne. Here's what they had to say about Loudcloud's performance to date.

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