Cornerstone Issue 36: November 9, 2001



Welcome to Issue 36 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.

WIRELESS SECURITY

http://seminars.internet.com/80211/fall01/agenda2.html#nets
Part 1: Protecting Today's Wireless Networks
802.11b Wireless Conference, November 28, 2001

Join Lisa Phifer at the 802.11b Wireless Conference, where she will moderate two panels on 802.11b (in)security. First, panelists Mandy Andress and Phil Cox will identify risks and complementary measures available today for securing wireless nets...

http://seminars.internet.com/80211/fall01/agenda2.html#sec
Part 2: Enhanced Security: Keeping Bandwidth Wolves At Bay
802.11b Wireless Conference, November 28, 2001

Next, panelists Dorothy Stanley and Jesse Walker will explain the significance of new security measures now under development in IEEE 802 task groups. Learn about recent advances that will help to prevent unauthorized access, ensure data privacy, and account for wireless net usage.

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING

http://isp-planet.com/technology/vpn/vpncon_fall_2001.html
News From Fall VPNcon
ISP-Planet, October 23, 2001

October; what comes to mind? Fall foliage, crisp mornings, apple cider, candy corn, jack-o-lanterns...and VPNs? Yes, VPN news ramps up during the fall conference season, culminating at Fall VPNcon. In this ISP-Planet article, Lisa Phifer covers product news from VPNcon.

http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn/sonicwall_eval1.html
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn/sonicwall_eval2.html
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn/sonicwall_eval3.html
VPN RFP Lab Eval: SonicWALL
ISP-Planet, October 18, 25, November 1, 2001

Lisa's VPN CPE Review Series continues. Here, ISP-Planet publishes her lab eval of SonicWALL's proposed solution: PRO-VX, SOHO2, and TELE2 Internet appliances, provisioned with the Global Management System.

http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn/rapidstream_eval1.html
VPN RFP Lab Eval: RapidStream
ISP-Planet, November 8, 2001

The next installment in Lisa's VPN CPE Review Series: a lab eval of the solution proposed by RapidStream: the RSSA 2000 and RSSA 1000, provisioned with RapidStream's Central Policy Management System. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3, to be published on November 15 and 22.

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci774127,00.html
Troubleshooting IPsec VPN clients
SearchNetworking Tip Of The Week, October 8, 2001

This SearchNetworking tip, Lisa Phifer takes a look at VPN trouble shooting from the user end, offering a diagnostic checklist for employees trying to bring up an IPsec tunnel to the company network.

SECURE SHELL

http://www.vandyke.com/solutions/secure_file_transfer/index.html
Transferring Files Safely With Secure Shell
White Paper for VanDyke Software

Leveraging the Internet for data delivery is simple, convenient, and cost-effective - as long as file access, confidentiality, and integrity can be protected. This paper, developed by Lisa Phifer for VanDyke Software, describes how securing file transfer with Secure Shell works, where it can be used, and the solutions offered by VanDyke products.

LIVE SECURITY COLUMNS

http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/backchannels.htm
Beware of Back Channels
LiveSecurity Editorial, May 25, 2001

With WatchGuard's permission, CoreCom reposts Dave Piscitello's editorial on detecting and preventing backchannels - outbound connections that may be automatically established without your knowledge, by client software running on PCs behind your firewall.

http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/multivendorvpn.htm
Incorporating Your Firebox into a Multi-vendor VPN
LiveSecurity Editorial, April 20, 2001

With some careful planning and a good understanding of the IPsec capabilities of the VPN security gateways involved, Dave explains how you can incorporate a WatchGuard Firebox into a multi-vendor VPN.

http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/muvpn1.htm
http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/muvpn2.htm
Deploying Mobile User (IPsec) VPN
Live Security Editorial, July 13, 2001

In this two-parter, Dave teaches WatchGuard Firebox users how to get an IPsec Mobile User VPN up and running. Steps illustrated here include planning, documentation, software distribution, monitoring, and trouble-shooting.

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