sockets
RSS socketsCan IPv6 Replace SSL?
White Paper In the later sections of the paper, I compare the security specifications of IPv6 to one of today's available security protocols, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). Are the actual security specifications of IPv6 strong enough to replace existing security... [24 Feb 2004]
Building an E-Commerce Trust Infrastructure
White Paper PKI cryptography and digital signature technology, applied via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) digital certificates, provide the authentication, data integrity, and privacy necessary for e-commerce. Businesses that can manage and process e-commerce... [24 Feb 2004]
Comments on the ir-File Electronic Tax Filing System
White Paper The mechanism used for encryption is usually the SSL (secure sockets layer) implementation in the browser. Before you go out and build a security system, you have to determine the threat model which you'll be up against, then from that you design a... [24 Feb 2004]
Securing the Collaborative Enterprise
White Paper When you run PeopleSoft 8 collaborative applications and pure internet architecture, a number of advanced security tools and technologies come into play, including Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). [24 Feb 2004]
Linux - Advanced Networking Overview
White Paper Examples of usage and pointers to references have been given when appropriate.The advanced networking features that have been dealt with in this document include the Quality of Service support in linux, which encompasses a description of the... [24 Feb 2004]
Type Enforcement Technology for Access Gateways and VPNs
White Paper As part of Sidewinder's Type Enforcement technique, each process is confined to a cell where it can only access system resources, such as a files, sockets, and directories, that it needs to do its job. [24 Feb 2004]
Testing the Performance of Multiple TCP/IP Stacks
White Paper Sockets calls can affect performance. Performance of TCP/IP applications varies widely among stacks, operating systems, and hardware platforms. We describe our experiences with TCP and UDP performance on eight operating systems, ranging from... [24 Feb 2004]
Firewall sales to skyrocket, say analysts
News Security device maker NetScreen Technologies and network hardware maker Cisco both plan to add secure sockets layer (SSL) functionality to their VPN products. The market for firewall software and devices will jump 25 per cent in the next two years... [03 Dec 2003]
Three open source flaws plugged
News The security flaws exist in the OpenSSL Project's version of the secure sockets layer (SSL) software used by websites and browsers to cryptographically secure data. An open-source group that maintains software for securing communications released a... [02 Oct 2003]
What are IP VPNs good for?
Comment Those that 'tunnel' across the public internet rely on Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IPSec technologies to secure data across this economy solution, which is most popular for supporting remote workers and sites. [29 May 2003]
Convergence: lower costs and extra flexibility - the IP VPN promise
Comment IP VPNs secured by technologies like Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IPSec are designed to provide cost-effective virtual networks that are tunnelled across the public internet. According to Frost & Sullivan, the lower barriers to entry of public... [20 May 2003]
Why Centrino really is big news
Comment Walk around the departure lounges of a lot of airports these days and amidst the crying toddlers, holiday-makers and crashed out backpackers it is common to see business people with laptops sneakily plugged into spare power sockets. [13 Mar 2003]
Why not all public WLANs will be free
Comment People will have to pay or start looking for sockets, which certainly won't be free. Just over a month ago silicon.com called 2003 the year of the wireless LAN, barely distinguishing between corporate private wireless networks, public paid-for hot... [27 Feb 2003]
However good your IT, don't forget one thing: people are dumb
Comment Everything will be encrypted using SSL (secure sockets layer) - maybe not the most bullet-proof option but perfectly acceptable. Yesterday the NHS went live with the first major trial of what it hopes will be an organisation-wide email system. [11 Dec 2002]
IM for the suits
News Messenger Enterprise Edition 1.0 uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption from VeriSign and will tie in with corporate portal and directory software from companies including BEA, Novell, Oracle and Tibco. [07 Oct 2002]
