Cisco Beefs Up Mobile Device Security With Updated Firewall Tools

Cisco wants to be the vendor that weaves more mobile workers and their currently unsupported devices into organizations' IT security frameworks.
Complete info at CRN.

2010-06-28 08:30:16, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6229

Gartner: Windows 7 security features have strings attached

Now is the time for organizations to prepare for broad adoption of Windows 7, but information security managers expecting best-of-breed security features from Microsoft's newest client OS will likely be disappointed.
Complete info at SearchSecurity.

2010-06-28 08:28:10, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6228

Break your Ubuntu Addiction: Three Strong Distros

No one can make the claim that Ubuntu isn't becoming the de facto Linux distro out there in the world today. It's becoming especially true when looking at those using Linux here in the States. For new and die-hard users alike, Ubuntu has all but captured the community.
Complete info at Datamation.

2010-06-28 08:26:26, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6227

Fortified Defense

Ascent Consulting Services, a company based in Bengaluru, India, has joined with Fortinet to shore up the security of its data center.
Complete info at DataCenterJournal.

2010-06-28 08:25:01, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6226

Ixia Helps FreeBit Test Conformance of ServersMan IP Stack Architecture

Ixia, a leading, global provider of converged IP network test solutions, today announced that FreeBit used IxANVL for conformance testing of its latest version of the ServersMan® product.
Complete info at iStockAnalyst, MarketWatch and NewsyStocks.

2010-06-28 08:22:31, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6225

Acme Packet Offers Enhancements to Security Gateway

Acme Packet, a provider of session border control solutions, announced a series of enhancements to its Net-Net Security Gateway to enable service providers to scale their fixed mobile convergence services delivered using IP-based consumer and enterprise-based femtocell, picocell and WiFi access points.
Complete info at TMCnet

2010-06-28 08:17:30, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6224

RIPE Working Group Chair Awarded IPv6 AwardIPv6 Act Now

Gert Döring, Co-Chair of the RIPE Address Policy Working Group, has been awarded the IPv6 Ideenwettbewerb from the Hasso-Plattner-Institut for his work on the OpenVPN software in Point-to-Multipoint-Mode, which facilitates the use of IPv...

2010-06-26 10:38:54, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/06/25/ripe-working-group-chair-awarded-ipv6-award/http://www.ipv6actnow.org

RIPE Working Group Chair Awarded IPv6 Award

Gert Döring, Co-Chair of the RIPE Address Policy Working Group, has been awarded the IPv6 Ideenwettbewerb from the Hasso-Plattner-Institut for his work on the OpenVPN software in Point-to-Multipoint-Mode, which facilitates the use of IPv6 addresses in dual-stack networks.

More on Heise Online& [in German]

2010-06-25 12:15:22, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/dHxSD21RjYU/

RIPE Working Group Chair Awarded IPv6 AwardIPv6 News

Gert Döring, Co-Chair of the RIPE Address Policy Working Group, has been awarded the IPv6 Ideenwettbewerb from the Hasso-Plattner-Institut for his work on the OpenVPN software in Point-to-Multipoint-Mode, which facilitates the use of IPv...

2010-06-25 12:15:22, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/06/25/ripe-working-group-chair-awarded-ipv6-award/http://www.ipv6news.info

‘Internet Crunch’ won’t impact defense networks, as department upgrades to IPv6

With reports and rumors of a big “internet crunch” circulating, the Department of Defense is looking ahead to discern how it can take advantage of more advanced web protocols to enhance its mission.

Kris Strance, the chief of internet protocol for the department, said today in a “DoDLive” Bloggers Roundtable that the crunch – the potential loss of available address space for devices to connect to internet networks – likely won’t affect the Defense Department. But upgrading from internet protocol version four (IPv4) to version six (IPv6), he said, will allow for better network mobility and allow certain groups within the Defense Department to expedite their missions.

More from Defense.gov&

2010-06-25 08:57:52, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/FMVMFbv7u6c/