Cornerstone Issue 5: June 8, 1998
Welcome to issue 5 of Cornerstone, an electronic newsletter issued
periodically by Core Competence.
Cornerstone reports on a wide range of networking topics investigated
by Core Competence. A brief abstract explains what you will find if
you choose to visit each URL.
http://www.corecom.com/html/embedded.html
David Strom, Dave Piscitello, and Lisa Phifer presented this overview
of Internet Appliances at N+I Las Vegas ‘98, including hands-on
demonstration of embedded web server products from Apexx Technologies,
Cisco, Cobalt, and Microtest.
http://www.iw.com/print/current/iwlabs/19980608-security.html
In this Internet World Labs feature, Lisa reviews a pair of products
that offer unique combinations of virtual private networking, access
control, and quality-of-service management features: NetScreen
Technologies' NetScreen-100 and Bay Networks' Contivity Extranet
Switch 2000.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/20/rac200a.dat.htm
Dave and Lisa review the AC200 from Allot in the May 18th issue of
InfoWorld. This Ethernet router takes a multi-level approach to
policy-based WAN bandwidth management for small to midsize networks.
http://www.corecom.com/html/xphone.html
Lisa evaluates Xircom’s GSM Connection Kit, a wireless data solution
that allows road warriors to stay in touch by connecting PCS digital
cell phones to PC card modems.
http://www.enanet.org/confer/orlgnrl.htm
Dave conducted a layer 3 switching training session at the 1998 ENA
Annual Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Florida, on May 18, 1998.
Learn how to evaluate layer 3 technology options, transition from layer
2 to layer 3 solutions, and explore case studies for Gigabit Ethernet.
http://www.corecom.com/html/tisc.html
Core Competence and CMP Media/Network Computing presented The
Internet Security Conference (TISC), April 6-9, 1998, in San Jose,
California. Read about the conference, including the first public
multi-vendor demonstration of WWW access over IPSec, as planning gets
underway for TISC '99.
http://www.corecom.com/html/news.html
Dave has joined the advisory board of NetReach, Inc., a Philadelphia
area Internet Service Provider. Visit our news page to read more
about what's happening at CoreCom.
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INTERNET APPLIANCES
N+I Presentation: Embedded Web Servers
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING
Security Servers Combine Firewall, VPN, and Traffic-Shaping Features
Internet World, June 8, 1998
CLASS OF SERVICE AND TRAFFIC SHAPING
Allot's AC200 shows promise for saving WAN costs
InfoWorld, May 18, 1998
REMOTE ACCESS
Product Evaluation: Xircom's GSM Connection Kit
LAYER 3 SWITCHING
Presentation: Enterprise Networking Association Conference
SECURITY
Press Release: The Internet Security Conference '98
CORECOM NEWS
David Piscitello joins ISP advisory board
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