Cisco's 'Smart Grid' Approach May 19, 2009
One thing that Cisco isn't doing is talking about the transport layer itself ... Lasser-Raab told me that Cisco isn't talking about the transport layer at this point and they are just looking at creating the communications layer to provide intelligence through the electrical grid ... If powerline networking is not used than utilities will be using other transport layers (cable. (Datamation)
Alcatel-Lucent Extends Carrier Ethernet Feb 14, 2009
At the top end is the transport layer which is all about replacing SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Network )() with a packet transport network which improves manageability and reduces cost. LATEST NEWS. (SmallBusinessComputing)
NextPoints Unified Communications Exchange Makes Ubiquitous Enterprise Communications a Reality Mar 18, 2008
NextPoint s UCX includes other business-critical functionality such as transport layer security (TLS), traffic management and stateful SIP dialog processing, Tel-URI support for SIP-based public and private numbering, and Network Address Translation (NAT) enhancements. "As enterprises look to enable unified communications within their networks, they will increasingly seek assistance from systems integrators and value-added resellers as well as managed service providers, said Joseph Fuccillo,... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Special Coating Greatly Improves Solar Cell Performance Feb 27, 2008
Solar cell schematic showing a glass substrate (A) coated with the transparent conducting anodes (B), followed by the nickel oxide electron-blocking/hole transport layer (C), which in turn is then coated with the polymer-fullerene light absorbing/charge transporting layer (D), then an additional interfacial layer of LiF (E) and, finally, the device is completed by vapor deposition of the aluminum cathodes (F). (Credit: Michael Irwin, Northwestern University). (Science Daily)
Lantronix Expands Wireless Portfolio With MatchPort b/g Pro, the Most Secure Embedded 802.11 b/g Networking Module Available Jan 22, 2008
1x EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocols) including EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security), EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Security), PEAP (Open standard from Cisco Systems, Microsoft and RSA Security), LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol) * End-to-end TLS/SSL 3. 0 (Secure Sockets Layer) and SSH (Secure Shell) tunneling * End-to-end AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128-bit encrypted tunneling. (Primezone Releases)
IBM Wants Your Identity Dec 15, 2007
1ae MACsec Ethernet security protocol for its transport layer. Bauserman was unable to comment on the specifics of how TIM may compare against Cisco's Trustsec. (Datamation)
Tibco upgrades Rendezvous Nov 28, 2007
Also, messaging is the transport layer for a lot of transactions and interactions in SOA, he said ... It also could be used as a transport layer between Web services and a proprietary back-end application. (InfoWorld)
My Google phone hangup Nov 9, 2007
The problems here are at the transport layer, not the presentation layer. Moreover, we don't need new standards for mobile devices we can port most of the standards we need from the Web, from identity to to content syndication to you name it. (InfoWorld)
Enterprise Web 2.0, SOA linkage: Will lack of standards ... Oct 26, 2007
The minimal usage of HTTP mechanisms advocated by REST has prompted either reliance on inadequate lower level techniques like transport layer security (TLS) and/or proprietary mechanisms like ones offered by big ticket mashup platforms. Both approaches have inherent disadvantages in either being incapable of handling the emerging Web 2. (Search Webservices)
Introduction to Web Servers Oct 23, 2007
Finally all web servers offer SSL (Secure Socket Layer) which is a secure transport layer that encrypts all communications between the browser and the web server. Port 443 is the most common SSL port used. (Suite101.com)
Riverbed adds disaster recovery features to WAFS Oct 23, 2007
"If the application above that layer is still chatty, not every transport layer will get the full impact of optimization ." ... "If the application above that layer is still chatty, not every transport layer will get the full impact of optimization .". (Search Storage)
The standards behind Web services Oct 3, 2007
dated 01-01-1999 - TLS stands for the Transport Layer Security protocol, which sits on top of the TCP protocol to provide encrypted data communication ... See RFC2246 Transport Layer Security (TLS) for further development. (Search Webservices)
Network Policy: $100M And Growing Sep 19, 2007
Yankee Group sees policy-enabled service control layers for carrier networks sandwiched between the core IP transport layer and the application layer. Policy there becomes the conduit across which application and services traverse the IP network. (Datamation)
Secure Your Email with Encryption Aug 24, 2007
The data is typically protected via transport layer encryption, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). This allows secure communication to occur with any recipient, regardless of its architecture or level of sophistication. (eSecurityPlanet)
U. of Delaware researchers edge closer to spintronics Jul 27, 2007
Appelbaum's prototype chip layers aluminum atop a spin polarization filter composed of a ferromagnetic film of , through which electrons are injected into a silicon transport layer ... "As unpolarized electrons pass through the thin film of cobalt iron, one orientation of spins is scattered away so that there are more of the orthogonal polarization that couple with the conduction states of the silicon transport layer.". (EETimes)
First iPhone Vulnerability Comes to Light Jul 27, 2007
Most e-mail servers use IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol), but Yahoo Mail uses its own protocol, XYMPKI, and this protocol does not support TLS (Transport Layer Security) like IMAP does. This would allow for someone to eavesdrop on the phone doing an authentication exchange on a Wi-Fi network and gain full access to the user's e-mail account. (InternetNews.com)
Post Comment Jul 15, 2007
Anonymous Reader writes "Procedure for creating a CSR on postfix MTA is just like web server. You need to use OpenSSL which is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and related ryptography standards under Linux / UNIX. To configure postfix SSL SMTP you need 3 files (a) The private key (b) Your .crt certificate file (c) CA certificate". Related Links. (NewsForge)
SOA and Composite Applications Jul 3, 2007
Transport Layer Standards - Earlier attempts at broad application interoperability, such as CORBA, relied on the widespread adoption of often-arcane transport layer protocols. Now that HTTP(S) and TCP/IP have gained universal acceptance, the enabling wire-level infrastructure is in place everywhere. (Search Webservices)
FontAgent Pro Server 2 boosts performance Jun 29, 2007
0 version now uses a more efficient transport layer based on XML and TCP/IP this means that administrators can automate disk-image distribution of FontAgent Pro software across the network and use custom ports for tighter security. FontAgent Pro Server 2. (MacCentral)
Tumbleweed Targets Botnets, Leaks Jun 21, 2007
In addition, MailGate provides policy-based TLS (transport layer security) encryption, and its content filters can scan all inbound and outbound messages and more than 300 types of attachments. The MailGate user interface has been redesigned and features checkboxes where users can set content filtering. (eWeek)
Microsoft patches Windows Vista, IE 7 Jun 13, 2007
Microsoft noted that the Schannel security package implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Internet standard authentication protocols and that attackers could exploit the flaw for remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page or application that uses SSL/TLS. ... Microsoft noted that the Schannel security package implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Internet standard authentication protocols and... (Search Security, MA)
Critical IE, Vista Flaws Patched Jun 13, 2007
This package implements the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) authentication protocols. The vulnerability could lead to remote code execution if a user visits a malicious page using a browser or an application that uses SSL/TLS.. (eWeek)
Keep it Classified: E-mail Encryption for Small Business Jun 6, 2007
Popular standards such as Transport Layer Security () or Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions () use these methods to add encryption to the transmission of e-mail. Digital certificates, though, can be complex, management intensive and can sometimes exert a drag on server performance. (SmallBusinessComputing)
More Than 200 Million Customers Chose DSL Jun 6, 2007
" Since its beginning in 1994, the DSL Forum has moved from defining transport layer solutions for DSL to directly addressing the service delivery and quality of service support of devices over DSL, fiber, etc. As service providers began to incorporate fiber into their networks, the DSL Forum was called on to develop the common remote management standards that are access agnostic and give providers a common platform for management of their diverse networks. Current work at the DSL Forum... (PR Newswire)
A single protocol in your SAN? Apr 14, 2007
What is essentially running FC directly over Ethernet, without using another transport layer (TCP/IP serves as this transport layer for FCoIP). With FCoE, the FC frame is wrapped inside an Ethernet frame, all with minimal overhead as compared to FCoIP.. (InfoWorld)
IPv6 – Ready for Prime Time? - Part I: History and Design Criteria Feb 23, 2007
(In brief, IP is a Network Layer protocol that performs packet addressing functions and routing functions, and TCP is a Transport Layer protocol that assures end-to-end reliability. In almost all cases, these protocols operate in conjunction with each other, so the term TCP/IP is frequently used, meaning that both TCP and IP are operating on the network. (Datamation)
Meriton Networks enters emerging carrier Ethernet Transport Market Feb 5, 2007
The capability of switching a Gig E path within the optical transport layer and maintaining the path throughout the entire network and assuring it with a Service Level Agreement (SLA) makes it ideal for wholesale interconnect services. Phase two will introduce support for Carrier Ethernet Tunnel switching and aggregation for local handoff. (PR Newswire)
SOA used to reinvent the supply chain at Click Commerce Jan 25, 2007
"That lets us talk to applications in the manner that they are used to being talked to. It also lets us connect to our customers and their customers in a protocol that they're used to using. The transport layer lets us talk via Web services using JMS and HTTP. Then we use the transport layer to send those messages through to the transformation layer, which is where we use BPEL process manager to orchestrate the process flow and facilitate the transformation of the data into whatever format the... (Search Webservices)
IT shops explore connectivity options for remote users Jan 11, 2007
"With new features in SCCM, roaming users get a portion of the update they need, and Terminal Services encrypts across the Internet using a Transport Layer. That's going to be a new role in Windows Longhorn's Terminal Services," he said ... Microsoft's acquisition of Whale Communications' clientless VPN technology now allows IT managers to set up a Secure Socket Layer or a Transport Layer Service to deliver encrypted in-house applications via a browser to a location outside the firewall ...... (SearchWindows2000.com)
Net neutrality advocates hail AT&T's concessions Jan 7, 2007
" Most people may find it difficult to understand what all the fuss, is about given that net neutrality raises issues as big and complex as, well, the Internet. Blair Levin, ex-aide to former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt and now a telecommunications adviser for the Stifel Nicolaus investment bank, offered this primer: Until recently, the telephone and cable companies that own the two wires leading to the American home also pretty much controlled what services were delivered over those wires. They... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Make a SIP-based VoIP network more secure Jan 5, 2007
Defined by RFC 3261, Secure SIP (SIPS) is a security measure that uses Transport Layer Security (TLS), which is the new and improved version of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Netscape originally developed SSL for securing Web-based transactions. (TechRepublic)
