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Cornerstone Issue 67: August 17, 2005
Welcome to Issue 67 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.
http://searchmobilecomputing.com/tip/1,289483,sid40_gci1109438,00.html
As Wi-Fi matures from convenient, as-needed access to full-time support
for mission critical applications, companies are becoming increasingly
concerned about optimizing performance and reducing radio interference.
In this Wireless Advisor column, Lisa Phifer explains how to eliminate
sources of interference using Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzers.
http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=168600242
If you're nervous that the Anti-Spyware software you just purchased
doesn't measure up, join the club. In this Security Pipeline column,
Dave Piscitello shows why the "spyware found" numbers game diverts
attention from what he believes to be the most important metric:
scanning accuracy.
http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/ntp.htm
On your network, time synchronization is essential for correlating
event data, auditing, and accounting. Dave Piscitello's LiveSecurity
article explains why accurate, universal time across your entire
network benefits you, and how to accomplish this using NTP.
http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/wlanreach.htm
What can you do when WLAN coverage is good in most areas, except for
a few unfortunate users on the outskirts of your AP's current reach?
Dave Piscitello suggests some off-the-shelf solutions that won't cost
an arm and a leg, and will keep you on the friendly side of the FCC.
http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/secquiz.htm
Exercise your security-focused cerebral cells by answering a dozen
pop-quiz questions, drawn from the WatchGuard LiveSecurity archive,
compiled by CoreCom's Lisa Phifer.
http://www.bcr.com/bcrmag/2005/07/p46.php
Today's workforce requires access to whatever applications they need
to conduct business, transparently, from any location, when convenient
and necessary, using any device, over any network. As Dave Piscitello
explains in this BCR Magazine article, shifting from "tightly
controlled" requires going beyond traditional RA VPN solutions.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/2005/koolspan_review_1a.html
In Lisa Phifer's latest lab review for ISP-Planet, read about
KoolSpan SecurEdge, a novel "Lock and Key" solution that can
provide simple secure access over any kind of LAN, wired or
wireless, local or remote.
http://www.tra.com/pages/product.cfm?id=IP_NetworkSecurity&site=TRA
This two-day IP Security course, developed by Core Competence for
TRA, provides an overview of security techniques and best practices
for mitigating a wide variety of IP network and application attacks.
The WLAN Security module of this course is also available as 1-hour
Live-on-Web presentation, September 23 and October 28, 2005, 1pm ET.
http://hhi.corecom.com/weblogindex.htm
Some of Dave's recent blog postings have covered these topics:
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