Wayne Rash

Following the announcement that the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) had pulled the plug on its MARID (MTA Authorization Records In DNS) working group early reactions by security analysts and developers were mixed. Still, there was consensus that the immediate result will be a requirement by the industry to support at least two e-mail authentication […]

WASHINGTON—Claims by wireless carriers that some basic characteristics about their network performance are proprietary threatens to keep emergency workers from aiding victims in a timely manner, said speakers at a panel in the Hart Senate Office Building here Tuesday. The panel, presented by the E9-1-1 Institute, reported on the state of Enhanced 911 services for […]

Versatel Networks Inc. is shipping a new edge routing application for its EdgeIQ series of media gateways that selects routing pathways based on a number of user-selectable criteria, including call quality, cost and availability. With IQroute, the EdgeIQ can check carriers, including VOIP (voice over IP) providers and the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), for […]

Two companies known for providing different aspects of secure remote access are teaming up to provide secure access solutions for mobile users. iPass Inc., which is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., will use Sygate Inc.s policy enforcement and personal firewall technology to outfit its Policy Orchestration security platform, which the company announced in July. Policy […]

WASHINGTON—Lawrence Hale, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Securitys cyber security division, said Friday that the DHS depends on the private sector to take the lead in fighting cyber-terrorist threats. “The normal things you do to protect your network will help protect you against cyber-terrorism,” he said. Speaking at a conference on cyber-security organized […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has given its endorsement to a plan that would reward insiders for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people or companies that produce spam. In a report released Thursday, the FTC said that some anti-spam proposals, such as a “Do Not Spam” list similar to the agencys highly […]

America Online Inc.s announcement Wednesday that it would abandon its attempts to support Microsofts Sender ID e-mail authentication standard are a serious setback for the Redmond, Wash., software company. “Given recent concerns expressed by the Internet Engineering Task Force [IETF], coupled with the tepid support for Sender ID in the open-source community, AOL has decided […]

WASHINGTON—When the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved the Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2004 last week, some in Congress predicted that it would solve the problem of spyware thats wreaking havoc on many personal and enterprise computers. The penalties—up to five years in prison for using spyware to further another illegal act such […]

BorderWare Technologies Inc. has joined Ingate Systems AB and others in providing an edge solution to the external threat problem in voice-over-IP PBXes. The Toronto-based company said Tuesday that it is shipping its new SIPassure-400 firewall, which is designed to keep out traditional threats to the enterprise and also threats unique to VOIP. The firewall […]

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. on Monday announced that it has agreed to acquire mobile applications provider Kivera Inc. TCS is already the leading provider of Enhanced 911 services in the United States, covering about half the population, according to a spokesperson for the Annapolis, Md.-based company. Using its existing abilities to provide precise locations of wireless […]

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported the discovery of several potential vulnerabilities in the Kerberos Key Distribution Center that could allow an attacker to run malicious code on the target machine. As reported earlier, a fix is expected for these vulnerabilities in the near future. In the case of Cisco VPN products […]