Monday, April 9, 2007
Open Source Telephony Becoming More Compelling
Open Source Telephony Becoming More Compelling
By Greg Royal, 04/09/2007
One of the most interesting transformations in the telecommunications industry is the transformation of business models, specifically in this case, the Asterisk PBX. The fascination is in applying the Linux Open Source Model, give away the product and sell the services, to your telephone system.
Read more from this post on the pros and cons of open source telephony / networking, and hints on where the market could be headed - Network World
By Greg Royal, 04/09/2007
One of the most interesting transformations in the telecommunications industry is the transformation of business models, specifically in this case, the Asterisk PBX. The fascination is in applying the Linux Open Source Model, give away the product and sell the services, to your telephone system.
Read more from this post on the pros and cons of open source telephony / networking, and hints on where the market could be headed - Network World
Labels: networking, telecommunications
Monday, April 2, 2007
Open-Source Solution for Gigabit Networks, NetFlow Probe, Debuts
Open-Source Solution for Gigabit Networks, NetFlow Probe, Debuts
Press release
Reston, Virginia - March 28, 2007 - Integrator of hardware acceleration open-source network security and monitoring applications tools, nPulse Networks LLC, has released a new security-hardened application of its nProbe appliance solution.
nProbe was developed to be a a highly-tuned, light-weight NetFlow probe, derived from the open-source ntop project managed by Luca Deri (www.ntop.org). nPulse is the commercial representative of ntop.org in North America. Implemented on nPulse's Catapult hardware acceleration platform, the entry-level nProbe appliance can capture and inspect over 1.1 million packets per second on its gigabit monitoring port, and generates NetFlow v5/9 or IPFIX records for export to an external network management system or "collector."
Peter Shaw, VP of Marketing for nPulse Networks remarked, "We have validated nProbe for compatibility with most of the widely-used network security and monitoring solutions. Many such systems use NetFlow data in watching for anomalous or threatening behavior on distributed networks. nProbe can be a cost-effective extension for existing solutions, or a valuable standalone tool in its own right." Pricing for the single-port, 1 gigabit nProbe appliance starts at $3,999, and multi-port, hardware accelerated configurations are also available.
nPulse is a hardware-acceleration open-source-based solution firm for network security, network monitoring, traffic analysis and data management. With its customers and partners, nPulse works every day at the leading edge of network security and monitoring technology, providing its customers with deep insight into "network vital signs." nPulse Networks is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and also maintains development centers in Charlottesville, VA and in Pisa, Italy.
For more information, please visit: www.npulsenetworks.com
Press release
Reston, Virginia - March 28, 2007 - Integrator of hardware acceleration open-source network security and monitoring applications tools, nPulse Networks LLC, has released a new security-hardened application of its nProbe appliance solution.
nProbe was developed to be a a highly-tuned, light-weight NetFlow probe, derived from the open-source ntop project managed by Luca Deri (www.ntop.org). nPulse is the commercial representative of ntop.org in North America. Implemented on nPulse's Catapult hardware acceleration platform, the entry-level nProbe appliance can capture and inspect over 1.1 million packets per second on its gigabit monitoring port, and generates NetFlow v5/9 or IPFIX records for export to an external network management system or "collector."
Peter Shaw, VP of Marketing for nPulse Networks remarked, "We have validated nProbe for compatibility with most of the widely-used network security and monitoring solutions. Many such systems use NetFlow data in watching for anomalous or threatening behavior on distributed networks. nProbe can be a cost-effective extension for existing solutions, or a valuable standalone tool in its own right." Pricing for the single-port, 1 gigabit nProbe appliance starts at $3,999, and multi-port, hardware accelerated configurations are also available.
nPulse is a hardware-acceleration open-source-based solution firm for network security, network monitoring, traffic analysis and data management. With its customers and partners, nPulse works every day at the leading edge of network security and monitoring technology, providing its customers with deep insight into "network vital signs." nPulse Networks is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and also maintains development centers in Charlottesville, VA and in Pisa, Italy.
For more information, please visit: www.npulsenetworks.com
Labels: hardware, it-security, networking
Open Source Network Security Platform Debuts
Open Source Network Security Platform Debuts
April 2, 2007
The Cobia Unified Network Platform announced recently by StillSecure combines IPV4-based routing, DHCP, firewall, intrusion prevention, Wi-fi and VPN modules.
The platform is being offered free to businesses or home users...
Read the full story from Network World
April 2, 2007
The Cobia Unified Network Platform announced recently by StillSecure combines IPV4-based routing, DHCP, firewall, intrusion prevention, Wi-fi and VPN modules.
The platform is being offered free to businesses or home users...
Read the full story from Network World
Labels: it-security, networking
Comcast invests in Vyatta, open source router maker
Comcast invests in Vyatta, open source router maker
By Om Malik - April 1, 2007
Vyatta, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company that makes open source router software and router hardware says it has raised $11 million in Series B funding with Comcast Interactive Capital leading the round of financing. Previous funders - JP Morgan Partners, ComVentures and ArrowPath Venture Partners also invested in this round.
Read the full news item from here @ Giga Om
By Om Malik - April 1, 2007
Vyatta, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company that makes open source router software and router hardware says it has raised $11 million in Series B funding with Comcast Interactive Capital leading the round of financing. Previous funders - JP Morgan Partners, ComVentures and ArrowPath Venture Partners also invested in this round.
Read the full news item from here @ Giga Om
Labels: investments, networking
Sourcefire® Launches Open Source Logging Tool to Assist Organizations with Network Security Management
Sourcefire® Launches Open Source Logging Tool to Assist Organizations with Network Security Management
Press release
Daemonlogger™ Enables Users to Simplify Logging of Network Traffic for Security Management and Forensic Analysis
COLUMBIA, Md.-- Open source innovator and Snort® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in network intrusion prevention, today announced the availability of Daemonlogger™, an open source network traffic logging and “soft tap” tool.
“Daemonlogger is the latest example of Sourcefire’s commitment to the open source community,” said Martin Roesch, the original author of Snort and CTO of Sourcefire. “With the open source release of Daemonlogger we’re able to provide a handy and easy-to-use tool for two simple tasks in the classic mold of UNIX tools that do a few things and do them well.”
In response to regulatory requirements for improving security, many organizations are implementing procedures to log and store all network traffic for periods of up to seven years. Proprietary log management and security management tools provide logging and storage as one of many features. Often the cost and complexity of implementing these solutions forces organizations to delay or cancel critical IT projects. Daemonlogger provides an alternative to proprietary products that can be implemented quickly with minimal cost and resource commitments.
Daemonlogger was developed and released by Sourcefire to simplify the implementation of a traffic logging solution. Like its big brother Snort, the popular open source intrusion prevention system, Daemonlogger is at its core a packet sniffer that is capable of passively capturing network traffic logs and writing it to disk in PCAP format. Users have the option to retransmit packets on another network interface via Daemonlogger’s “soft tap” feature.
Users may configure which packets are logged using BPF filters to ensure that only the traffic that must be logged is collected. Further, users may configure how frequently the log file is rolled based on either the size of the log file or the age of the file. The program can also run in a “ringbuffer” mode where it will rotate through a set number of log files. For example, if a user decided to log the last 24 hour’s worth of activity they could specify that the log files roll every hour and that a ringbuffer of 24 files will be maintained.
Daemonlogger is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. The source code is freely available at www.snort.org. Under the GPL open source license, anyone may access, modify and redistribute the source code for Daemonlogger making it easy for users to modify the code to meet their specific needs or share enhancements and new features with the global community of network security professionals.
About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leading provider of intelligence driven, open source network security solutions, is transforming the way organizations manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover, Determine, Defend - to securing real networks in real-time. The company's network defense system unifies intrusion and vulnerability management technologies to provide customers with superior network security. Founded in 2001 by the creator of SNORT®, Sourcefire is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland and has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media, and industry analysts alike - with more than 18 awards and accolades since January 2005 alone. Recently, Sourcefire was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System Appliances 2H06" report and the Sourcefire 3D System was named "Best Security Solution" at the 2006 SC Magazine Awards. At work in leading Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and intelligence in network security. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit http://www.sourcefire.com
SOURCEFIRE®, SNORT®, the Sourcefire logo, the Snort and Pig logo, SECURITY FOR THE REAL WORLD™, SOURCEFIRE DEFENSE CENTER™, SOURCEFIRE 3D™, RNA™ and certain other trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Contacts
Sourcefire, Inc., Columbia
Investor Contact:
Tania Almond, 410-423-1919
or
Media Contact:
Welz & Weisel Communications
Tony Welz, 703-218-3555 x226
Press release
Daemonlogger™ Enables Users to Simplify Logging of Network Traffic for Security Management and Forensic Analysis
COLUMBIA, Md.-- Open source innovator and Snort® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in network intrusion prevention, today announced the availability of Daemonlogger™, an open source network traffic logging and “soft tap” tool.
“Daemonlogger is the latest example of Sourcefire’s commitment to the open source community,” said Martin Roesch, the original author of Snort and CTO of Sourcefire. “With the open source release of Daemonlogger we’re able to provide a handy and easy-to-use tool for two simple tasks in the classic mold of UNIX tools that do a few things and do them well.”
In response to regulatory requirements for improving security, many organizations are implementing procedures to log and store all network traffic for periods of up to seven years. Proprietary log management and security management tools provide logging and storage as one of many features. Often the cost and complexity of implementing these solutions forces organizations to delay or cancel critical IT projects. Daemonlogger provides an alternative to proprietary products that can be implemented quickly with minimal cost and resource commitments.
Daemonlogger was developed and released by Sourcefire to simplify the implementation of a traffic logging solution. Like its big brother Snort, the popular open source intrusion prevention system, Daemonlogger is at its core a packet sniffer that is capable of passively capturing network traffic logs and writing it to disk in PCAP format. Users have the option to retransmit packets on another network interface via Daemonlogger’s “soft tap” feature.
Users may configure which packets are logged using BPF filters to ensure that only the traffic that must be logged is collected. Further, users may configure how frequently the log file is rolled based on either the size of the log file or the age of the file. The program can also run in a “ringbuffer” mode where it will rotate through a set number of log files. For example, if a user decided to log the last 24 hour’s worth of activity they could specify that the log files roll every hour and that a ringbuffer of 24 files will be maintained.
Daemonlogger is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. The source code is freely available at www.snort.org. Under the GPL open source license, anyone may access, modify and redistribute the source code for Daemonlogger making it easy for users to modify the code to meet their specific needs or share enhancements and new features with the global community of network security professionals.
About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leading provider of intelligence driven, open source network security solutions, is transforming the way organizations manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover, Determine, Defend - to securing real networks in real-time. The company's network defense system unifies intrusion and vulnerability management technologies to provide customers with superior network security. Founded in 2001 by the creator of SNORT®, Sourcefire is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland and has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media, and industry analysts alike - with more than 18 awards and accolades since January 2005 alone. Recently, Sourcefire was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System Appliances 2H06" report and the Sourcefire 3D System was named "Best Security Solution" at the 2006 SC Magazine Awards. At work in leading Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and intelligence in network security. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit http://www.sourcefire.com
SOURCEFIRE®, SNORT®, the Sourcefire logo, the Snort and Pig logo, SECURITY FOR THE REAL WORLD™, SOURCEFIRE DEFENSE CENTER™, SOURCEFIRE 3D™, RNA™ and certain other trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Contacts
Sourcefire, Inc., Columbia
Investor Contact:
Tania Almond, 410-423-1919
or
Media Contact:
Welz & Weisel Communications
Tony Welz, 703-218-3555 x226
Labels: it-security, networking
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Open source swarms around Network Access Control (NAC)
Open source swarms around Network Access Control (NAC)
Tim Greene, Network World
Apr 02, 2007
A pair of Harvard University IT staffers last week released a free virtual appliance that supports their open source network access control platform -- just one of many free NAC tools springing up to address security-hungry customers.
Called PacketFence Zero Effort NAC (ZEN), the Harvard-developed appliance consists of an operating system image that runs on Linux or Windows and performs policy checks of devices as they log on to networks.
Read the full report from here @ Australian PC World
Tim Greene, Network World
Apr 02, 2007
A pair of Harvard University IT staffers last week released a free virtual appliance that supports their open source network access control platform -- just one of many free NAC tools springing up to address security-hungry customers.
Called PacketFence Zero Effort NAC (ZEN), the Harvard-developed appliance consists of an operating system image that runs on Linux or Windows and performs policy checks of devices as they log on to networks.
Read the full report from here @ Australian PC World
Labels: networking, security
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