Topic: VPN

VPN News

15 February 2007

Force10 moves switches to open source

By Phil Hochmuth, Network World

10G Ethernet vendor Force10 Networks is changing its core switch operating system to FreeBSD, an open source platform - continuing a major trend in the network industry. Read more...

VPN Blog Entries

13 September 2006

A browser for Internet 2.0?

By John E. Dunn

Does the world really need another browser when it has plenty of perfectly mediocre, vulnerability-riddled ones available for download already? You can have IE (more of the same unless you buy in to the idea that IE 7 will solve world hunger), Mozilla Firefox (worthy features, but not always the ones you care about) and Opera (it’s Norwegian). Read more...

VPN Insight

12 February 2007

Getting the knack of NAC

By Tim Greene, Network World

NAC is increasingly vital but its technology is still young and complex, so a cautious approach is vital. Read more...

VPN Briefings

05 February 2007

Longhorn Server revealed: Group Policy enhancements

By Jonathan Hassell, Computerworld

We look at the most significant enhancements to Group Policy in Longhorn Server. Read more...

VPN Interviews

13 November 2006

Securing the endpoints

By Bryan Betts, Techworld

We hear from Chris Ewing of Altiris about the steps and technologies needed - and available - to defend your network against one of its biggests threats, namely its users. Read more...

VPN Whitepapers

01 February 2007

Network Access Protection

By Global Knowledge

Network Access Protection (NAP) is a security-policy enforcement technology built into Windows Server Longhorn, Windows Vista, and WindowsXP-sp2 that allow a computer administrator to develop and enforce compliance with health policies for network access and communication. NAP provides administrator-defined requirements for system health policy enforcement that help ensure computers connecting to a network or communicates on a network meet these policy requirements. NAP also provides an Application Programming Interface (API) to help administrators, developers and vendors enforce compliance with health policies for network access and communication. Read more...

VPN Product Reviews

18 January 2007

Cisco 7200 core router

By Paul Venezia, Infoworld

• List price: approx £22,000
• Pros: Powerful; Upgradeable; Fits just about anywhere in the network
• Cons: Configuration and maintenance can be challenging Read more...

VPN How-Tos

19 February 2007

Setting up an Open Source directory service

By David Cartwright, Techworld

Setting up a directory service from scratch might seem daunting but there's an open source options if you don't want to go down the Active Directory route. And it's not that difficult, as we explain. Read more...

VPN Case Studies

19 December 2006

Community network puts city on the bus

By Paul Desmond, Network World

Moving beyond a groundbreaking fibre project, Loma Linde's James Hettrick seeks big rewards for healthcare and other stakeholders, with community-based network plans. Read more...