This week on Network World Fusion, 01/05/03

1) The Extended Enterprise 2) Cisco, Nortel to embrace SSL-based VPNs 3) Tech industry starts to show signs of life 4) Promising indicators suggest telecom recovery looming 5) Technology Update: Wireless mesh networks boost reliability 6) From Net.Worker: Big ideas for advancing telework 7) Wireless Wizards: Wait for 802.11i? 8) Vendor brings Cobol apps to the Web 9) VMware points users toward utility computing 10) Carriers brace for number portability 11) Security Notes: Security implications of the Citrix server approach 12) Venture funding holds its own during Q3 13) WLAN protocol hits standards trail 14) Management Notes: Controlling app behavior 15) IM management may take years to conquer 16) Novell buys its way deeper into Linux 17) Wireless Notes: Next-generation WLANs 18) Help Desk: To honeypot or not 19) Feds to push new set of security controls 20) Red Hat drops free Linux

1) Research net set to fly

2) MCI’s chief seeks fresh start in ’04

3) Wireless Wizards: RF prediction vs. site surveys

4) Review: Nortel’s Baystack 5510

5) The LWAPP flap

6) A Wider Net: Talk about legacy machines …

7) Security Notes: Taking a risk on open-source software

8) SANity check

9) Technology Update: New IDS tool fends off false positives

10) How to quantify downtime

11) From Net.Worker: Adventures in Web development

12) AV, IT system marriage proves powerful

13) Microsoft focuses identity management effort

14) The new face of fault-tolerant servers

15) Aviation vendor flying high with VPN

16) Anti-spam law is a start, panel says

17) Sun shelves Cobalt, focuses on x86

18) Companies mull commercial vs. freeware SSH

19) Firm looks to plug in power-line networks

Have a good New Year’s? Here at Fusion, we’re tanned, rested and ready (well, rested and ready, anyway, Boston not being the best place to get a mid-winter tan) to bring you the best enterprise networking news, reviews and resources for the new year. As always, your comments on how we can do this better are appreciated.agaffin@nww.com

   — Adam Gaffin, executive editor,

1) Research net set to fly

The network research community is building an $80 million nationwide optical network that advocates say is the most ambitious and promising test bed since the creation of Arpanet – the Internet’s precursor – in the late 1960s.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105nlr.html

2) MCI’s chief seeks fresh start in ’04

CEO Michael Capellas talks to us about the FCC, customer loyalty, post-bankruptcy challenges, industry consolidation and more.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105capellas.html

3) Wireless Wizards: RF prediction vs. site surveys

The Wizards compare the two and discuss whether different wireless LAN deployments better suited for one or the other.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0105wizards.html

4) Review: Nortel’s Baystack 5510

New stackable switch offers decent bandwidth at a great price.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0105rev.html

5) The LWAPP flap

Lightweight Access Point Protocol, a proposed standard for WLAN interoperability, runs into some static.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0105lwapp.html

6) A Wider Net: Talk about legacy machines . . .

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure; embracing the original Ethernet taps.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105widernetvintage.html

7) Security Notes: Taking a risk on open-source software

Senior Editor Ellen Messmer discusses a Burton Group report that finds that legal considerations that come into play in using open source may not make it a good fit for every organization.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/security/003884.html

8) SANity check

Survey says SAN usage is growing, but performance problems and a lack of management tools are a concern.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0105sans.html

9) Technology Update: New IDS tool fends off false positives

Passive fingerprinting improves intrusion detection.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/0105techupdate.html

10) How to quantify downtime

Calculating downtime’s drag on productivity and profit can help make the case for network improvements.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0105man.html

11) From Net.Worker: Adventures in Web development

We examine tools that can give HTML novices a leg up, as well as drive site traffic and revenue.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/0105netlead.html

12) AV, IT system marriage proves powerful

More companies are merging their audio/video and IT systems over converged IP networks.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105avit.html

13) Microsoft focuses identity management effort

Amid the growing buzz around identity management, Microsoft is trying to pull together a platform that would offer corporations entry into a new generation of end-user management, security and regulatory compliance.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105specialfocus.html

14) The new face of fault-tolerant servers

With the Internet extending business around the globe – and around the clock – there is a demand on server systems to be up and running all the time. For some companies that means clustering a bunch of boxes to achieve high availability, but analysts say in many cases IT managers should take a second look at fault-tolerant servers.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105fault.html

15) Aviation vendor flying high with VPN

Aviation parts distributor Aviall has experienced a major financial turnaround over the past three years that executives attribute in part to a strategic investment in Internet-based network technology.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105carruservpn.html

16) Anti-spam law is a start, panel says

While it’s an important first step, the federal anti-spam law signed last December is unlikely to reduce spam noticeably, and companies will have to find other ways to fight it, said a panel of experts Network World recently convened.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105spam.html

17) Sun shelves Cobalt, focuses on x86

Sun has quietly been discontinuing its line of integrated software and hardware packages since the beginning of last year when it announced it would no longer support the Cobalt Networks server appliances.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105sun.html

18) Companies mull commercial vs. freeware SSH

It’s a battle going on across many large corporations: Should they manage remote servers via Open Secure Shell freeware or commercial SSH products?

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105ssh.html

19) Firm looks to plug in power-line networks 

Start-up Asoka is looking to help companies quickly set up remote or small-office LANs without stringing Cat 5 cabling everywhere or configuring a Wi-Fi network and security settings.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105powerline.html