Cornerstone Issue 41: May 3, 2002



Welcome to Issue 41 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.

EVENTS

http://www.interop.com
Networld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas
May 5-10, 2002

If you're attending N+I in Las Vegas next week, join Dave Piscitello at these presentations:

Implementing Effective Security
Sunday, May 5, 2002, 12:45pm

VPN Day 1: Fundamentals, VPN Day 2: Design and Deployment
Monday-Tuesday, May 6-7, 2002

Intrusion Detection, Deception, Prevention
Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 10:15am

http://www.intmediaevents.com/80211/spring02
802.11 Planet Conference Spring 2002
June 10-12, 2002, Philadelphia

Want to learn more about wireless LANs? Attend this conference and drop in to say hello to Lisa Phifer at these sessions:

802.11 Security: The Loopholes & The Patches
Monday, June 10, 2002, 1:00pm

802.11 Security War Stories: How To Avoid Common Mistakes
Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 10:30am

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/onlineEventsTranscriptSecurity/1,289693,sid7_gci803034,00.html
Using VPNs to Secure Wireless Networks
searchNetworking Chat, April 30, 2002

If you missed this searchNetworking audio event presented by Lisa Phifer, listen to the on-demand audio archive. Learn how to leverage virtual private networking solutions to strengthen authentication, access control, and privacy in wireless LANs.

SERVER SECURITY

http://www.tisc2002.com/insight.html#v47
Server- versus Client-based Protection
TISC Insight, April 7, 2002

In this TISC Insight column, Dave Piscitello discusses the value of deploying server-based and client-based countermeasures that complement each other.

http://www.vandyke.com/solutions/tunneling/index.html
Tunneling with Secure Shell
VanDyke Software, March, 2002

Secure Shell port forwarding allows nonsecure TCP/IP data to be tunneled across public and private networks through a secure, encrypted connection. The benefits of port forwarding are illustrated by a series of concrete examples in this paper, developed by Lisa Phifer for VanDyke Software.

WIRELESS SECURITY

http://www.tisc2002.com/insight.html#v44
Controlling Wireless LAN Access with 802.1x
TISC Insight, March 1, 2002

In this TISC Insight column, Lisa Phifer provides an overview of current and emerging port access control standards for 802.11 Wireless LANs.

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING

http://hhi.corecom.com/debugging-ipsec.htm
Debugging IPsec
Rubi-Con, Romulus, Michigan, April 6, 2002

In this RubiCon 2002 presentation, Dave Piscitello offers advice on how to deal with commonly encountered problems when deploying and debugging IPsec VPNs. If you missed RubiCon, view Dave's presentation on-line.

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci815254,00.html
Securing PDA network access over cellular
searchNetworking.com, April 4, 2002

This column is the third in a series on securing enterprise network access by PDAs. Here, Lisa Phifer examines PDA security in a traditional wireless setting: over cellular data networks. Learn what Lisa found when she tunneled IPsec over GoAmerica's CDPD service from SafeNet SoftRemotePDA and Certicom movianVPN PalmOS clients.

ABOUT US

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/content/1,290959,sid7_gci815935,00.html
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid7_gci815241,00.html
Interview with Lisa Phifer
searchNetworking.com, April, 2002

Lisa Phifer was interviewed by Jack Pickell as SearchNetworking's "Expert of the Month" in April. Visit Lisa's "Site Expert's Page" to learn more about Lisa and how she contributes to the SearchNetworking website.

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