This might also explain part of the reason behind this bill. Anyone wanna bet that some of this money goes to SC and CA??
"Title II -- Internet Security Initiatives
[Summary: Creates 25-member federal "Computer Security Partnership Council." Funds NIST computer security program at $50 million starting in FY2001, increasing by $10 million a year through FY2006. Funds computer security training program starting at $15 million in FY2001. Creates federal "computer security awards." Requires NIST to encourage P3P and similar privacy standards]"
I don't think that they are banning proxy servers / IP Masquerade. They are trying to get folks who connect to work using VPN to use their more expensive @Work service.
Yes, Dialogic will be releasing drivers for Linux as announced in a recent press release.
If you are really ambitious, you could combine this with a SS7 box or card from DataKinetics, which has Linux drivers now, and make a real IP gateway that could go in a CO environment.
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This might also explain part of the reason behind this bill. Anyone wanna bet that some of this money goes to SC and CA??
"Title II -- Internet Security Initiatives
[Summary: Creates 25-member federal "Computer Security Partnership Council." Funds NIST computer security program at $50 million starting in FY2001, increasing by $10 million a year through FY2006. Funds computer security training program starting at $15 million in FY2001. Creates federal "computer security awards." Requires NIST to encourage P3P and similar privacy standards]"
I don't think that they are banning proxy servers / IP Masquerade. They are trying to get folks who connect to work using VPN to use their more expensive @Work service.
Yes, Dialogic will be releasing drivers for Linux as announced in a recent press release.
If you are really ambitious, you could combine this with a SS7 box or card from DataKinetics, which has Linux drivers now, and make a real IP gateway that could go in a CO environment.