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NetFlash: IETF to lead anti-spam crusade

Opinion
Apr 12, 20042 mins
Networking

When even Grandma knows what spam is, you know you have more than just an IT problem – you have a worldwide nuisance on your hands. Individual ISPs have already put forth their various methods for identifying spammers. Now it’s time for standards, and that means the IETF is stepping in. But what it’s stepping into is a mess of different approaches, and it will have to choose. IETF to lead anti-spam crusade http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412marid.html?net

When even Grandma knows what spam is, you know you have more than just an IT problem – you have a worldwide nuisance on your hands. Individual ISPs have already put forth their various methods for identifying spammers. Now it’s time for standards, and that means the IETF is stepping in. But what it’s stepping into is a mess of different approaches, and it will have to choose.

IETF to lead anti-spam crusade

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412marid.html?net

Foundry makes push for data center switch

Data centers aren’t what they used to be. Where once there were few servers, now there are many, and all those servers require communications. Foundry this week is selling itself as the go-to company for data center switching, with specialized switches and an “internal firewall.”

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412foundry.html?net

Adtran keeps trying to undercut Cisco

Adtran is expanding its assault on low-end network gear for businesses, joining 3Com, Enterasys Networks and others hoping to relieve Cisco of some of its cost-conscious small- and midsize business customers.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412lowend.html?net

Emergency service challenges VoIP

While support is improving for Enhanced 911 emergency services on corporate VoIP systems, IT professionals and analysts say the technology is not yet standardized across platforms and can be tricky to use in mixed-vendor environments.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412voip911.html?net

Today on Layer 8, currently battling a massive Peep hangover:

The winner of our Weekly Caption Contest revealed; make your own steadycam; resources for geeks who like to run; and New York fights spam with bologna; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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