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Protocol analysers are good for admin work
News Protocol analysers now top out at around $1,000, and some are even free -- and they can all make the life of a network administrator much easier. I'm going to explain how you can use various protocol analysers on your network to perform such tasks...
[April 18, 2002, 16:14]
The Web Services-BusinessActivity - Initiator (WS-BA - I) Protocol: An Extension to the Web Services-BusinessActivity Specification
White Papers The Web Services Transaction protocol family includes the WS-AtomicTransaction and the WSBusinessActivity specifications in order to carry out distributed transactions in a Web Services (WS) environment.
[November 25, 2008, 23:00]
Protocol Design Beyond Graph-Based Models
White Papers This paper sheds new light on the fundamental gap between graph-based models used by protocol designers and fading channel models used by communication theorists in wireless networks. Consequentially, it advocates studying models beyond graphs even...
[May 25, 2007, 1:00]
Protocol Alchemy: Designing a TCP-Based Approach to Support Large-Scale Deployment of VoIP on the Internet
White Papers Since the development of a new protocol specifically tailored for this application would be very unrealistic, the paper proposes an alternative strategy with minimal impact on the installed base. The starting point for the authors approach is TCP...
[December 20, 2007, 0:01]
SIP: Protocol Overview
White Papers The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol for initiating, managing and terminating voice and video sessions across packet networks. The protocol is published as IETF RFC 2543 and currently has the status of a proposed standard.
[September 2, 2008, 7:35]
Microsoft Windows 2000 Patch: NetBIOS Name Server Protocol Spoofing
Downloads This update resolves the "NetBIOS Name Server Protocol Spoofing" security vulnerability in some Windows-based networks and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-047. Download now to prevent a malicious user from misusing the Name...
[August 18, 2000, 8:00]
Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) and Message-Based Load Balancing (MBLB)
White Papers At the service provider level, the number of VLAN, TCP (or UDP) port, and IP triplet combinations is affecting the Session Initiated Protocol (SIP). Between servers, where the VLAN, TCP port, and IP variations are limited, the ephemeral ports are...
[July 10, 2008, 1:01]
TechNet Webcast: Network Isolation Using Group Policy and IPSec (Part 1 of 3): Overview of Internet Protocol Security (Level 300)
White Papers The webcast provides an overview of the nature of Internet Protocol Security - the challenges to secure network communication, how IPSec can help, and the various ways IPSec can be implemented to achieve different types of secure communication.
[June 30, 2008, 1:01]
VLAN Load Balancing Between Trunks Using the Spanning-Tree Protocol Port Priority
White Papers The theoretical sections of this paper are related to Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) and are platform independent. This paper provides the theory behind VLAN load balancing between trunks, and also provides configuration examples for switches running...
[July 10, 2008, 1:01]
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol Overview
White Papers This paper describes the Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) feature of Cisco IOS Software. It is an extension of Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and specifies a protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual IP address and...
[March 2, 2009, 21:05]
Introduction to the Wireless Application Protocol
White Papers The Wireless Application Protocol is a standard developed by the WAP Forum, a group founded by Nokia, Ericsson, Phone.com (formerly Unwired Planet), and Motorola. The WAP Forum's membership roster now includes computer industry heavyweights such as...
[November 22, 2004, 23:00]
Bug-reporting protocol draws flak
News A draft protocol designed to lay down guidelines for a responsible method of reporting security bugs will let software vendors off the hook and stigmatise those who report bugs, say critics. With its draft protocol, the IETF recognises that during...
[February 27, 2002, 12:40]
Sending Faxes in Real-Time Over an IP Network: How to Benefit From Fax Over Internet Protocol (FoIP) to Send Faxes
White Papers This white paper gives an introduction to Fax over Internet Protocol (FoIP) and explains the various usages and advantages of FoIP. FOIP can also be used to implement Least Cost Routing (LCR). These results in cost-effectiveness that is achieved...
[February 1, 2009, 0:00]
Multi-Protocol Label Switching and the nGenius Solution
White Papers Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is becoming mainstream as enterprises and government agencies look for new ways to lower costs, extend scalability, improve reliability, and secure their networked data.
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
A Look Back at "Security Problems in the TCP/IP Protocol Suite"
White Papers Earlier, the author wrote a paper on security problems in the TCP/IP protocol suite. In particular, he focused on protocol-level issues, rather than implementation flaws. It is instructive to look back at that paper, to see where his focus and...
[November 7, 2007, 0:00]
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: Netmon Protocol Parsing
Downloads This update resolves the "NetMon Protocol Parsing" security vulnerability in Windows NTŪ 4.0, and Systems Management Server (SMS). Network Monitor (NetMon) is an administrative tool that is used to monitor network traffic.
[November 3, 2000, 6:00]
Hybrid WiFi-WiMAX Network Routing Protocol
White Papers This paper proposes a new routing protocol that integrates WLANs and WMANs, allowing seamless interconnectivity. The proliferation of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) facilitates the development of multihop routing protocols.
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Emulation of WiFiRe Protocol on LAN
White Papers WiFi Rural Extension (WiFiRe) is a MAC layer protocol especially designed to provide broadband communication in rural areas of India. The authors believe that, WiFiRe protocol implemented as part of LAN emulation can be easily ported to the WiFiRe...
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
White Paper: VLAN Trunk Protocol
White Papers VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) reduces administration in switched network. When you configure a new VLAN on one VTP server, the VLAN is distributed through all switches in the domain. This reduces the need of configuring the same VLAN everywhere.
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
An Anonymous on Demand Routing Protocol With Untraceable Routes for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
White Papers This paper proposes ANODR, an Anonymous On-demand Routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks deployed in hostile environments. In hostile environments, the enemy can launch traffic analysis against interceptable routing information embedded in...
[August 1, 2007, 1:00]
