Marketscope report for DNS, DHCP & IPAM (DDI)
November 17th 2009
The emergence of new vendors, appliance-based offerings and new pricing models has established a true marketing for DNS, DHCP & IP Address Management products (DDI). Midsize organisations can now benefit from DDI solutions and large enterprises should re-evaluate their implementations.
Infoblox Receives Highest Available "Strong Positive” Rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s DDI MarketScope Report
November 17th 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (November 17, 2009) - Infoblox Inc., a global leader in appliance-based platforms for highly secure, manageable and robust core network services - including domain name resolution (DNS), IP address assignment (DHCP) and IP address management (IPAM), today announced it received the highest rating, “Strong Positive”, in Gartner’s 2009 MarketScope for DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (DDI) products .
According to the report, a “strong positive” rating indicates that a vendor is viewed as a provider of strategic products, services or solutions, with whom existing customers should continue planned investments and potential customers should consider a strong choice for strategic investments. Infoblox was one of six vendors evaluated in the report.
DNS Industry Update from tuscany networks and Key Note Speaker Cricket Liu
November 4th 2009
Thank you for attending our customer and DNSSEC event, a huge thank you to Cricket Liu for giving his personal view on the importance of DNSSEC.
Download Presentations;
tuscany networks Welcome and Value Added Services - Julian Rigg, CEO and Founder & Paul Roberts, Technical Services Manager, tuscany networks
A closer look at Threats to the DNS - Cricket Liu, Infoblox
DNSSEC - done right! - Chris Marrison, Infoblox
Should you have any questions, please do not hestitate to contact us.
Ask Mr DNS Podcast - download Cricket Liu's Episode 11
October 26th 2009
In Episode 11, Matt and Cricket manage to answer four (count ‘em, four!) questions – except that they don’t really know the answer to Paul Roberts’s question about forwarding and delegation. However, in their own, inimitable style, they answer Yong Tak Ming’s question about forwarding, Samar’s question about how to configure his resolver so that he isn’t forced to type fully qualified domain names all the time, and Dirck Copeland’s questions about the Kaminsky vulnerability. And if you stay till the bitter end, you’ll learn where Matt and Cricket got their starts in DNS and why Cricket’s never seen a World Series game.
DNS: Best Practice - Paul Robert's Technical Director IP09 Expo
October 9th 2009
Presentation overview - With the increasing reliance on IP based technologies, DNS (Domain Name Services) is a technology that is often overlooked; yet forms a critical part of the network infrastructure.
Learn the importance of DNS and discuss best practices for deploying a resilient DNS infrastructure in our DNS Surgery.
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DNS Industry Update From tuscany networks and Key note speaker Cricket Liu
September 30th 2009
Register now!
This year our customer event will be held on the morning of 4th November at The Carnarvon Arms, Burghclere, Newbury and we will be welcoming Cricket Liu to the event as our key speaker to give his personal view on the importance of DNSSEC.
Cricket Liu , a world authority on the DNS protocol will talk about the importance of DNSSEC in the networks of tomorrow :
“ The Domain Name System, Internet’s standard naming service, has been tremendously successful at accommodating the exponential growth of the Internet. However it was not designed to operate in an environment as hostile as the Internet of today. Consequently, DNS lacks critical security features, such as authentication and integrity checking.
That DNS wasn’t designed with security in mind is evident from the maladies that afflict it. Since 1997, when Eugene Kashpureff capitalized on a weakness in the implementation of the BIND name server to poison the caches of name servers around the Internet, we’ve seen an accelerating cycle: New vulnerabilities are found, new patches are released. The Internet community has done a creditable job of addressing each vulnerability, but no one seems capable of slowing the cycle, much less stopping it.
The latest vulnerability, identified last year by Dan Kaminsky, may seem like just the latest development in this ongoing cycle: yet another vector a hacker could use to poison the caches of name servers on the Internet. However, it’s different in a very significant way: There is no patch.
The “Kaminsky vulnerability” is a weakness in the DNS protocol itself. Luckily, a permanent fix already exists: the DNS Security Extensions. “
Cricket Liu will discuss these topics much more in detail and will give his personal view on how important DNSSEC will be in the future, what you can do to protect your network today and what the plans are of the Top Level Domains (TLD) with regards to DNSSE
Register now!
Join tuscany networks stand 329 at IP Expo
IP EXPO 7-8 October 2009 Earls Court London
September 28th 2009
With the increasing reliance on IP based technologies, DNS (Domain Name Services) is a technology that is often overlooked; yet forms a critical part of the network infrastructure.
Learn the importance of DNS and discuss best practices for deploying a resilient DNS infrastructure in our DNS Surgery.
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tuscany networks to attend Socitm 09
August 12th 2009
tuscany networks will be exhibiting at the Annual Conference for Socitm (Society of Information Technology Management) held in Edinburgh on the 11-13th October 09.
Bind 9 Vulnerability
CERT VU#725188 BIND 9 vulnerable to DoS via DDNS
August 3rd 2009
Last week, CERT published an advisory regarding a denial-of-service vulnerability that had been discovered in ISC BIND 9. When a specially crafted dynamic update packet is sent to a BIND 9 DNS server it can cause the DNS server process to crash. It is possible that this can be used as part of a denial-of-service attack.
The vulnerability affects any BIND 9 server that is authoritative for at least one master zone. ACL's that are designed to limit which hosts can send dynamic updates apparently have no effect. As a properly configured name server should contain at least one master zone (0.0.127.in-addr.arpa), our advice is to patch all your BIND 9 based name servers. This includes name servers provided by Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP, n3k runIP and Infoblox.
Since the advisory was published we have been actively working with our suppliers to ensure we have the latest fixes available before making any announcements. All our suppliers have now released fixes to address the vulnerability.
If you are a supported customer that needs assistance, please log a support call with our helpdesk on 01256 303 777.
runip 2.3 now available
July 6th 2009
n3k GMBH announced today that runIPT version 2.3 - the latest version of its Managed DNS&DHCP Appliance solution - is now generally available.
- DHCP probe: runIP 2.3 features a DHCP probe making runIP the only DNS&DHCP appliance with integrated application-level monitoring of the DNS&DHCP services.
- VMware support: runIP introduces VMware support making it the only appliance solution for VitalQIP that is available as a virtual appliance.
- More flexible network configuration: any number of logical IP addresses can be configured per interface. Limitations in setting up static routes have been removed.
- Network teaming: Network Interface Cards may now be teamed for additional resilience.
- Improved remote management: runIP Appliances can now be re-initialized remotely without any on-site staff required and without the need to configure the remote management card.
- Monitoring enhancements: runIPT version 2.3 offers additional monitoring tests and introduces monitoring of the central management stations.
- SQUID HTTP Proxy support: In addition to DNS & DHCP, customers can now run HTTP proxy services on runIPT appliances.
About runIPT
The runIPT Managed Appliance Solution supplements VitalQIP® investments by addressing the need for an efficient solution for configuring, deploying, updating and patching the DNS and DHCP servers. It eliminates the manual effort normally needed to achieve these tasks and the overhead frequently encountered in coordinating disparate groups such as configuration management, change control, server and security management. runIP brings the same high levels of efficiency to managing the VitalQIP remote servers and server software as Alcatel-Lucent's VitalQIP® brings to managing the IP assets. runIPT is the only appliance solution for VitalQIP® that ships with a remote management card, supports virtual appliances and has integrated application-level monitoring for DNS&DHCP. It remains the only appliance with field hardware support - avoiding the cumbersome advance exchange and hardware return procedures employed by other vendors. As a result runIPT is used by more than 85 fortune 500 companies and has been successfully deployed in more than 50 countries worldwide. runIP is the longest established appliance solution for the VitalQIP environment and continues to deliver leading edge features and capabilities.
porttracker announces latest feature release v2.1
June 16th 2009
Listening to customer feedback and suggestions for improvements, and building upon the success of previous versions porttracker has today released v2.1.
v2.1 new features:
- An increase in the number of supported vendor switches to include Nortel Baystack and Huawei Networks in addition to HP Procurve, 3Com, Cisco and Extreme Networks
- porttracker can be interfaced into other systems and in response to market demands, an additional sync module has been developed for the Infoblox IPAM market. The bsync module syncs the switch port and end device information with the Infoblox grid master.
- Support for a major IPAM tool - Alcatel-Lucent's VitalQIP 7.2
- Substantial GUI enhancements including;
Discover Infoblox's PortIQ Appliance
April 20th 2009
SAVES CAPITAL EXPENSES, AIDS TROUBLESHOOTING AND IMPROVES SECURITY
Infoblox Inc. today announced availability of the new Infoblox PortIQT appliance. Available from tuscany networks, PortIQ provides visibility into switch port usage - essential for network capacity planning, security investigations and ease of troubleshooting.
Many enterprises today lack visibility into the utilization of their switch ports, including which are in use, which are available, which devices are connected (or were connected) to each port, and more. This lack of real-time and historical visibility results in unnecessary capital purchases, troubleshooting difficulties, and challenges dealing with security incidents - such as finding and eliminating infected devices on the network.
With the Infoblox PortIQ appliance, network administrators can easily identify the physical port associated with every connected device and get reports on network port utilization. This enables IT departments to get more from their existing assets and make more intelligent switch purchase decisions, saving capital expenses. Additionally, the ability to quickly locate where devices are connected increases security and eases troubleshooting efforts, saving operational costs.
Sophos Win Multiple Secure Computing Awards
At the recent Secure Computing Europe Annual Awards dinner, Sophos won two of the two most prestigious awards and were commended in a third.
Sophos was awarded the "Best Anti Malware Solution", awarded a highly commended prize for "Best Enterprise Security Solution" and "Security Vendor of the Year".
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VitalQIP v7.2 Feature List
March 4th 2009
- Fully functional web GUI
- DNS and DHCP management integration with web UI
- DNS views
- Managed files
- Additional reports
- Administrative password security enhancements - speical characters
- Auditing of invalid login attempts
Award winning service from n3k
March 3rd 2009
tuscany networks has today announced that Alcatel-Lucent has awarded tuscany networks the EMEA Software Partner of the Year Award 2008 at the Alcatel-Lucent Forum in Paris
n3k is Changing its name to tuscany networks
March 2nd 2009
n3k is changing its name as part of a strategic rebrand, to tuscany networks.
New Office Address effective from 30th March 2009.
tuscany networks Limited
Tuscany House
White Hart Lane
Basingstoke
RG21 4AF
n3k to exhibit at Networkshop
Febuary 3rd 2009
tuscany networks will be demoing porttracker v2.0 at Networkshop 37. This is a great opportunity to see how porttracker v2.0 can increase network security and help drive down IT purchasing costs by reducing switch port wastage. Networkshop 37 will be held at the University of Cambridge from 31st March to 2nd April 2009. Read more...
Seasons Greetings from n3k
December 22nd, 2008
tuscany networks wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year
