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Cisco to buy NetSift
June 27, 2005
The $30 million deal is intended to help Cisco Systems ramp up its packet processing capabilities.
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networking company
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networking
Smarter routers, better Net video
August 6, 2007
Larry Roberts was in on the birth of the Internet. Now his new company is offering a tune-up for today's traffic.
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router
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voice
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service provider
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traffic
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video
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Cisco to patent security fix
May 20, 2004
The networking giant applies for patents on technology that it claims will fix a flaw that has recently been found in one of the most common communications protocols.
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Paul Watson
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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TCP
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solution
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Without 'Net neutrality,' will consumers pay twice?
February 7, 2006
If some telecommunications carriers get their way, consumers could end up handing over more for the broadband content and services they use.
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broadband provider
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packet
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BellSouth Corp.
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broadband
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traffic
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Net Neutrality
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AT&T Corp.
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Amazon.com Inc.
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Google Inc.
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video
Cisco patches security flaws in number of products
May 24, 2007
Updates address vulnerabilities in products ranging from Cisco Unified CallManager to Cisco Firewall Service Module.
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Cisco IOS
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Nortel patches flaw in VPNs
May 31, 2005
"Serious" security hole could let hackers launch a denial-of-service attack on VPN routers and crash the machines, the flaw finders warn.
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Nortel Networks Corp.
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patch management
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password
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Net's 'savior' sets the record straight
April 23, 2004
Delivering a presentation at a security confab in Canada, researcher Paul Watson, "The Man Who Saved the Internet," says it was nothing. Really.
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Vancouver
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Internet Service Provider
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Academics break the Great Firewall of China
July 3, 2006
University of Cambridge computer experts say they breached firewall and can use it to launch denial-of-service attacks.
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China
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Cambridge
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connection
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Brainier networking gear to the rescue
February 27, 2004
Smarter networking devices are helping network operators to better protect their resources from spammers, denial of service attackers and peer-to-peer bandwidth hogs.
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TurnTide
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denial of service
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spammer
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spam filter
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traffic
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networking gear
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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router
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P2P
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e-mail server
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TCP/IP
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resource
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anti-spam
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networking
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message
Flaw could unleash another Slammer
December 10, 2003
A security firm finds that a recently patched Windows vulnerability could still be used to create a fast-moving worm similar to SQL Slammer.
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Core Security Technologies
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Microsoft Corp.
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security
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Microsoft Windows
OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flaw
March 14, 2007
A security hole in the way OpenBSD handles IPv6 data packets exposes systems running the open-source OS to serious attack.
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Core Security Technologies
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BSD
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IP
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security
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open source
VoIP: Quality is still a big concern
July 18, 2006
With Net telephony poised to hit the mainstream, experts say issues with service quality need to be worked out.
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VoIP
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QoS
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EarthLink Inc.
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Time Warner Inc.
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Internet phone
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IP telephony
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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cable company
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Skype
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telephony
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voice
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America Online Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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U.S.
Cisco flaw opens networks to attacks
August 19, 2004
A router software bug could lead to denial-of-service attacks--but only techies could launch one, an analyst says.
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Cisco tightens security on voice products
October 25, 2004
Cisco Systems announces an upgrade to its CallManager software to improve security on its Internet Protocol telephony gear.
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Cisco Unity
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Start-up says it can deliver secure VoIP
September 7, 2004
Net6 says it has just the trick to make voice calling over a Secure Sockets Layer VPN work well.
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Juniper Networks Inc.
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SSL
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Aventail Corp.
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IPSec
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VPN
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Researchers envision the Linux of routing
April 19, 2004
Scientists at Berkeley are close to releasing an open-source software code that could do for routing what Linux did for operating systems.
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Avici Systems
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router
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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packet
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Juniper Networks Inc.
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vendor
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Linux
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researcher
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open-source software
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process
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operating system
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PC
Wireless industry gears up for WiMax
March 26, 2007
Where does 3G wireless go from here? Many equipment makers and carriers are looking to the packet-based technology known as WiMax.
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CTIA
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Sprint Nextel
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spectrum
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South Korea
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carrier
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3G
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handset
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Samsung Electronics
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U.S.
Feds fund VoIP tapping research
August 9, 2005
George Mason University researchers who say they've found a new way to trace Net phone calls receive a $307,436 federal grant.
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Net threat overstated, says security researcher
April 21, 2004
Widespread reports about a flawed communications protocol making the Internet vulnerable to collapse were overblown, according to the researcher credited with uncovering the security problem.
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Paul Watson
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BGP
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TCP
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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router
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session
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Foundry eliminates speed bumps on new Net
April 30, 2004
The company will announce on Monday upgrades to its Ethernet switches supporting IPv6 to make sure they don't suffer from performance issues.
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IPv6
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Foundry Networks Inc.
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IPv4
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Extreme Networks
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IP
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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packet
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switch
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