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The article "Quantum-Proof Secrets" discusses the race among researchers to develop strategies to protect against the potential threat of quantum computers breaking essential forms of cryptography. The author suggests that while attacking encryption systems is challenging for criminals, social engineering exploits, such as tricking employees or artificial intelligence agents, remain the preferred method for cybercrimes. The article emphasizes the importance of considering future data-security risks and thinking like a criminal to enhance data protection. [Extracted from the article]

For organizations with multiple sites in downtown business districts, making crosstown connections has always been a challenge. Traditional telephone company 56Kbps and 1.544Mbps digital lines work well in host/terminal environments, […]

Adding Internet access to a network was simple back in the last millennium. Organizations ordered new services from an ISP, attached a router, maybe a firewall or proxy server, and […]

Whether you have T1s to the Internet or frame relay connections between corporate sites, WAN links are the information power lines of your network. These connections-often rendered as lightning bolts […]

Net architects know their comfort zone: Show them a network where SNA and IP are running over Ethernet and frame relay and they feel right at home. But throw phones […]

Gateway is a monthly column written by our readers. It's time to add a WAN link to your increasingly dispersed network, but which type should you choose? While economic issues […]

Offers advice on how to use PBX in the incorporation of voice transmission in computer networks. Forwarding of data messages to voice mail; Handling of three-way calls; Need to consider network design; Mixing of voice with data packets; Categories of voice-and-data products.

Discusses how to design a wide area network (WAN) that compensates for client/server's inherent inefficiencies. Inherent latency of most WAN services; Bandwidth requirements; Elimination of periodic routing table updates through the use of link-state routing protocols over WANs.