This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mimeat_private for more info. --------------CFF0FFE69E29A9D7BB401DB3 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.990207154909.11626Fat_private> Forwarded From: darek milewski <darekmat_private> http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?99025.wnipsec.htm IBM, VPN vendor seek to extend IPSec standard By Stephen Lawson InfoWorld Electric IBM and virtual private network vendor Ashley Laurent announced this week they plan to propose extending the IP Security (IPSec) protocol. The proposed extension would integrate Network Address Translation (NAT) with IPSec, and would allow remote employees and trusted corporate partners to use a set of private IP addresses when communicating with an organization's headquarters, officials said. Ashley Laurent's VPCom Server can assign trusted users a virtual IP address from a block of private addresses. Using these addresses, users can directly access other remote users and Windows NT server resources as if they are on the LAN, according to Ashley Laurent. In addition, NAT allows routers to recognize these users and direct their traffic to the VPCom server, reducing demands on a general-purpose firewall. IBM is preparing a request for comment to present to the IPSec group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Jeffrey Goodwin, president of Ashley Laurent, said the IPSec proposal will probably be submitted in the next few weeks and could be adopted as early as an IETF meeting this fall. "We think it has all the fundamentals to move through quickly," Goodwin said. The proposal has received interest from Cisco Systems, WatchGuard Technologies, and other vendors he added. IPSec defines common ways to authenticate users and encrypt traffic, allowing for automatic setup of secured sessions between users with IPSec-compliant hardware and software. The proposed extension is designed to make it easier to set up intranets among a company's widely dispersed users, or extranets comprised of trusted partner organizations. Goodwin said Ashley Laurent is working with IBM to integrate its VPCom server capabilities into the AS400, OS390, and RS6000 server architectures to help secure commerce and other functions over IP networks. Today, IBM recommends VPCom as a complement to IBM's eNetwork firewall. Ashley Laurent Inc., in Austin, Texas, can be reached at www.vpcom.com. IBM Corp., in White Plains, N.Y., can be reached at www.ibm.com. Stephen Lawson is a senior writer at InfoWorld. -- --------------CFF0FFE69E29A9D7BB401DB3-- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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