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PCI DSS Compliance and the Digi TransPort Router
White Paper This paper explains how Digi TransPort routers can be part of a PCI DSS compliant system. They comply with the PCI DSS version 1.2 requirements via these major features: Stateful inspection firewall, network segmentation via VLAN or... [12 Nov 2009]
Router Essentials
White Paper This white paper introduces the reader to basic router concepts, commands, and configurations. It is designed to address the "basic of the basics concepts" and helps lay a solid foundation for more complex routing concepts. [03 Nov 2009]
MPLS: What is it? What can it do for me?
White Paper Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) began as a way for routers to short-cut the time-consuming process of treating each packet independently, looking up the target IP address each time and in every router along the path. [03 Nov 2009]
Access control Lists (ACLs)
White Paper In Cisco IOS, ACLs are used for many things, including, but not limited to, filtering data packets (firewalling), controlling Telnet or SSH access to a router or switch, filtering routing protocols, specifying Quality of... [03 Nov 2009]
Do You Need a Broadband Remote Access Server?: Functionality and Trade-Offs of Using Smart DSLAMs and MSANs
White Paper There are many misconceptions about the role of the DSL Forum's Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), better known as a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) or Broadband Services Router (BSR). The BSR has evolved... [09 Oct 2009]
A Case Study in Testing a Network Security Algorithm
White Paper First, using network data captured at a router does not guarantee that any instances of the security event of interest will be captured. Several difficulties arise when testing network security algorithms. [06 Oct 2009]
A Clear Path to 100Gigabit Ethernet on the Alcatel-Lucent Service Router Portfolio
White Paper Leveraging the power and flexibility of innovative FP2 silicon, the service router portfolio goes far beyond faster transport: unleashing powerful 100GigE interfaces that support the full scope and scale of broadband... [02 Oct 2009]
Defending Against Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks With Weight-Fair Router Throttling
White Paper The throttling is weight-fair because the traffics destined for the server are controlled increased or decreased) by the leaky-buckets at the routers based on the number of users connected, directly or through other routers, to each... [02 Oct 2009]
Korenix Embedded Systems - White Paper: Industrial Router Firewall and VPN Platform
White Paper Off late Industrial Control and communications applications, the networks allowing these systems to be controlled and communicate are growing larger and more complex. Designing a network built on embedded systems technology requires that... [25 Sep 2009]
Cisco Virtual Office: Ongoing Management Adding, Removing, and Changing a Remote Router's Configuration
White Paper This white paper shows how Cisco Virtual Office is managed on a day-to-day basis, from an IT administrator's perspective. To add a user to the VPN, one needs to know the connection type and the IP address of the call manager cluster that... [30 Aug 2009]
Vyatta Open Networking - Router, Firewall, VPN Software
White Paper Vyatta delivers a full suite of advanced routing and security in a software-based network OS that scales from the branch office to the service provider edge. By combining the power and flexibility of open software with the performance... [12 Aug 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - How it will look on your desktop, part 2
Photo Windows 7's wi-fi management has greatly improved, with wi-fi virtualisation for turning your built-in wi-fi card into a virtual router for other devices and computers. With Windows 7 now released to manufacture,... [10 Aug 2009]
Rendezvous Point Engineering
White Paper A Rendezvous Point (RP) is a router in a multicast network domain that acts as a shared root for a multicast shared tree. For correct operation, every multicast router within a Protocol Independent... [07 Aug 2009]
Network Considerations for a Network Which Does Not Support 4-Octet AS
White Paper RFC4893 (BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space) describes the compatibility between OLD and NEW BGP speakers and allows a gradual transition from a 2-octet supporting router, towards 4-octet supporting... [07 Aug 2009]
Cisco ASR 9000-Based Next-Generation Mobility Services Infrastructure
White Paper Cisco Services for the Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregation Services Router provide the services and proven methodologies that help assure service deployment with substantial return on investment, operational excellence, optimal... [07 Aug 2009]