NetFlash: Web application firewalls take on more heat

Over the next few months Web application firewall vendors Citrix, F5 Networks, Imperva, NetContinuum and Protegrity will add features that let their products take on bigger roles in speeding traffic to server farms and better protecting networked corporate data. Web application firewalls take on more heat http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/120505-firewalls.html?net&story=120505-firewalls

Over the next few months Web application firewall vendors Citrix, F5 Networks, Imperva, NetContinuum and Protegrity will add features that let their products take on bigger roles in speeding traffic to server farms and better protecting networked corporate data.

Web application firewalls take on more heat

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/120505-firewalls.html?net&story=120505-firewalls

Automation: Better but not yet automatic

Automation has come a long way since the days of running batch jobs on mainframes, but given the complexity of today’s distributed networks, the technology still has plenty of growing up to do, experts say.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/120505-automation.html?net&story=120505-automation

Fluke to acquire network manager Visual Networks

Fluke Electronics Friday agreed to buy Visual Networks, a maker of software for ensuring applications such as VoIP perform well on enterprise networks.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/120205-fluke-visual.html?net&story=120205-fluke

IE bug lets hackers phish with Google Desktop

A bug in Microsoft ‘s Internet Explorer browser gives phishers a way to scan the hard drives of Google Desktop users, according to an Israeli hacker. Because of a flaw in the way IE processes Web pages, a malicious Web site could use the attack to steal sensitive information like credit card numbers or passwords from the hard drives of its visitors.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/120205-ie-bug.html?net&story=120205-ie-bug

Network World Radio Podcast: The GPL roadmap

Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth talks with Peter Brown, the executive director of the free software foundation about the roadmap for General Public License, an open source licensing scheme for software. Listen in:

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/1205radio.html

2005 Holiday Gift Guide

We’ve combed the universe and reviewed more than 100 high-tech products that you’ll want to give to friends,family or yourself.

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/hgg/

Today on Layer 8, where we love that figgy pudding:

About time: Sony to release new uninstall program; NetGear admits: Yeah, we’re not that fast; Bill heads to India to battle open source; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; and all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8