* This ISP flatfoot enjoys giving spammers the boot * Fast times for wireless LANs * IBM fits PCs with new hardware-based security chip * Netilla SSL device guards one application at a time * Today on Network World Fusion Radio * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
Imagine if you could reach out and shut down a spammer, just like that. Well, Earthlink’s Louis Rush has that power, and this week Network World finds out what it’s like to be him. One of his biggest challenges is sorting out the true spammers from the hapless folks who don’t even know their machines have been turned into spam zombies. This ISP flatfoot enjoys giving spammers the boot http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304widernetearthlink.html?net
Imagine if you could reach out and shut down a spammer, just like that. Well, Earthlink’s Louis Rush has that power, and this week Network World finds out what it’s like to be him. One of his biggest challenges is sorting out the true spammers from the hapless folks who don’t even know their machines have been turned into spam zombies.
This ISP flatfoot enjoys giving spammers the boot
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304widernetearthlink.html?net
Fast times for wireless LANs
Wireless LANs could soon take a giant leap toward becoming a universal replacement for wired LANs, as an IEEE group weighs proposals to crank WLANs to as much as 100M bit/sec. First, though, the group has to sift through 32 separate proposals.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0917wlanstandard.html?net
IBM fits PCs with new hardware-based security chip
IBM has begun using new security hardware from National Semiconductor in its desktop PCs in an effort to fend off viruses and hackers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0916ibmfits.html?net
Netilla SSL device guards one application at a time
Netilla is introducing a line of Secure Sockets Layer gear that protects only one application at a time as remote users access servers across the Internet.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0916netilla.html?net
Network World Fusion Radio: Sendmail on e-mail authentication
E-mail authentication, in one form or another, is coming to an inbox near you. Dave Anderson, CEO of Sendmail, joins the program to discuss the various authentication proposals – Sender ID, DomainKeys and Sender Policy Framework – and how his company is planning to implement them in both its commercial and open source products. Listen in here:
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0916radio.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where Red Sox/Yankees is the talk of the town:
Our TGIF edition takes a look at organ donation from a unique perspective; A potential silver lining of Charley, Frances and Ivan; A look at Google’s hardware circa 1999; and, bike locks that are no match for Bic. Plus, there’s still time to get in on this week’s Caption Contest. Head on over to Layer 8 before you head on out the door for the weekend.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Cisco, 3Com fire up new WAN routers
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304routers.html?net
2. VoIP: Just what the doctor ordered
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304qlimg.html?net
3. JPMorgan cancels $5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0915jpmorga.html?net
4. Voice apps spreading as standards mature
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304speechtek.html?net
5. As data compression evolves, savings grow
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304specialfocus.html?net
