Internet Application Layer Protocols

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for an overview of the configuration requirements that enforce calling privileges and call route selection, and discover how a voice policy is implemented.

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 | Published: 29 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: It’s common today to use private addressing within an Autonomous System (AS), a collection of routers and subnets under a common administrative domain.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Many people are confused by Cisco’s NAT/PAT naming conventions, such as “inside local”, etc. so I have put together a few diagrams that might help.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the real power of the Cisco ASA and its ability to combine variationsof NAT and PAT in advanced configurations. It also discusses both basic and advanced implementation examples and their relevant uses.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Hosted unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) helps organizations deploy collaboration tools to their workers more quickly and efficiently than premise-based solutions. This whitepaper explores the benefits of hosted UC&C, how to get started, what to look for in a solutions provider, and more.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: In February, 2009, Microsoft released their next major release, designated as R2, to their IP PBX product Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007. Several great features and enhancements to Microsoft's existing product make OCS 2007 R2 a significant contender in the Unified Communications (UC) marketplace.

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Web applications are extremely flexible and valuable assets to any organization. But they’re also vulnerable to threats like hijacking, splitting, forging and injection. Read this white paper to find out how IBM Rational® AppScan® solutions can help your agency overcome virtual threats to achieve mission objectives.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses what SIP is, the challenge of implementing it, and how it can help your enterprise meet your communications needs.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we'll take a look at access control lists, often referred to as access lists or ACLs (sometimes pronounced "ackels").

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: For many years network administrators have expected security breaches to come from outside an organization or at the upper layers of the OSI model. This paper will focus on securing layer 2 switching at the access layer through port security and preventing denial of service (DoS) attacks at layer 2.

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 | Published: 12 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn about two network protocol models, TCP/IP and OSI.

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the things you must consider when thinking about the feasibility of replacing a WAN provider’s provider (P) and provider edge (PE) devices with routers. This paper examines these considerations in greater detail, to see where any potential problems might arise.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: MPLS stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching and is defined as “a mechanism in high-performance telecommunications networks that direct and carried data from one network node to the next, making it easy to create ‘virtual links’ between distant nodes.” Read on for a thorough overview of MPLS and learn how MPLS can benefit your organization.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is a lab testing summary report of Ethernet fabrics. The study is trying to validate the advantages provided to the data center implementations by Shortest Path Bridging Mode (SPB or SPBM) protocol.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This threat report takes a thorough look back at the most significant threats, trends and outright attacks of the year that was. Read now for helpful tips and best practices for keeping your confidential information safe.

Posted: 25 May 2012 | Published: 25 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper  examines the big picture when it comes to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and what happens when a data packet traverses an MPLS cloud.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This resource offers key findings of a survey on how organizations view the threats posed by Firesheep and other session hijacking attacks. View now to learn about the key implications of such threats and how they can impact corporate data security as well as customers and end-uses of websites.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

ANALYST BRIEF: This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to recognise that they will need to move to IPv6, even if they have IPv4 addresses available. They should treat IPv6 like any other disaster recovery plan.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes an in depth look into the role of certificate authorities (CAs) in web security. Within, learn how to choose the right CA to ensure that the trust between you and your customers remains intact.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Most organizations seem stuck in the traditional castle-and-moat approach to security. This approach assumes there's a clear boundary between what's inside and outside the organization and that attacks come from external sources. Clearly today's threat environment requires a new approach.

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 | Published: 09 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper surveys emerging threats, profiles theirhighly organized perpetrators, and reviews some of the revolutionary technologies that make these attacks so persistent and effective.

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: With today’s increasing reliance on the Internet, it is of utmost importance to ensure security and uninterrupted availability in order to maintain a competitive advantage. View this resource now to explore the risks of DDoS attacks, the latest DDoS attack trends, guidelines for a DDoS defense program and more.

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 | Published: 26 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Explore the fundamentals of SCSI and internet SCSI (iSCSI) in this expert resource. Learn about the architecture, protocol, operations, and numerous interfaces and commands the SCSI model uses. In addition, gain understanding of the use of Fibre Channel and iSCSI to build out SCSI over a network.

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 18 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: While a DDoS attack can be damaging to any organization, DDoS attacks specifically at the application-layer can be more ominous. Understanding these attacks are the first step to keeping your organization protected. In this e-guide, explore how DDoS is being used, what you can do to stop them, the future of the web threat landscape and more.

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 | Published: 27 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Learn how in four simple steps you can take advantage of Blue Coat's expertise and technology to gain visibility and control for an effective WAN performance strategy.

Posted: 02 May 2012 | Published: 02 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: The web and email are not IT’s friends. They create risk and increase the workload because they distribute and prolong the payoff of known and unknown threats. Layering new and traditional techniques, including anti-malware, anti-spam, intrusion prevention, and application whitelisting, throughout the enterprise will minimize those risks.

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 | Published: 06 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: For a truly mobile device, operating to de-perimeterised principles, a wireless connection is probably required to achieve optimal connectivity while roaming.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: There are some helpful things we can do with Cisco’s IOS to make our lives easier. This white paper will present some useful commands, followed (in parentheses) by their most concise shortcuts (at the time of this writing).

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Learn how to get visibility into IPv6 traffic – how much, what applications, who’s doing it – to take full control of your IPv6 transitions. Blue Coat PacketShaper provides real-time application and content-level visibility and QoS control of IPv6 and all application traffic on the network.

Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 04 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Data abstraction overcomes data structure incompatibility by transforming data from its native structure and syntax into reusable views and data services. But some data abstraction approaches work better than others. Composite data virtualization is an optimal way to implement an abstraction layer at enterprise scale.

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

ANALYST REPORT: Secure Sockets Layer virtual private networks compose a mature market segment, serving a variety of VPN use cases for workstations and mobile-device remote access. In this Magic Quadrant, Gartner examines the role of SSL VPNs in remote access and the state of the market.

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Cloud technologies and new opportunities in mobile computing will allow organisations to innovate in new ways. This report examines the new business strategies that cloud and mobility can enable.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Many organizations are moving malware protection to the Web and investing in Secure Web Gateways. This  transcript will help sort the different feature options and deployment challenges and help you bring efficiency to your threat management programs by centralizing Web-based security and stop managing numerous standalone Web security products.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 14 Mar 2012