IPSec (Internet Protocol SECurity) is an extension to the Internet Protocol
(IP) that provides authentication and encryption. IPSec uses strong
cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services intended
for building Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
In fact, IPSec is a peer-to-peer protocol that allows you to build secure
tunnels through untrusted networks like the Internet. Everything passing
through this network is encrypted by the IPSec gateway machine and decrypted
by the gateway at the other end. The result is a VPN because IPSec allows
building networks that are effectively private, even though it includes
machines at several different sites connected by the insecure Internet (or
another network). IPSec is an industry standard described in a series of
IETF's (Internet Engineering Task Force) RFC (Request For Comments) documents
– RFC2402, RFC2... (more)
U R G E N T A P P E A L
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks against SCO, or anyone for that matter,
are a clearly unacceptable activity. While many in the Open Source community
are not pleased with SCO's lawsuit against IBM, or their proposed legal
challenges aimed at Linux users, these DDoS attacks do not promote the Open
Source cause, and are not consistent with Open Source values. The Open Source
community is based on the notion that principals of free speech should be
applied to software development. DDoS attacks clearly deny the victim the
ability to communicate freely ... (more)