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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (1293)	9/13/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3178

Scott, welcome back, your absence was felt! >>It's funny how the corporations trying to move into the 'net are just starting to experience and think about the things that hackers have been doing for years ...<< Sure is. A funny thing came to me during some research this week. It dawned on me that the new ITSP genre was doing nothing (yet) except to emulate the processes and constructs of PSTN technologies. That'll change, gradually, but not in the immediate future where large scale rollouts are concerned. When I addressed the area of security, it became evident that security was one of the areas that the startups had nothing to fall back on, looking at the PSTN as a model, in the way of historical precedent to emulate, since switched services have always been considered secure, for all intents and purposes. This is not so with IP, whether the factors involved are real or imagined. The protocol inherently lends itself to address spoofing, and many other highly cultivated penetration and data collection [hacking] techniques that have been used by good guys and bad, alike, since the Seventies. Consequently, "secure voice" services made possible through cumbersome encryption techniques, using the traditional PSTN circuit switched modality, were limited to government and military purposes, for the most part, and to a lesser extent in certain high-profile commercial applications demanding of the highest levels of security. >>So the solutions can be built quickly ... unless burdened by corporate red tape and paperwork ... ;-) << I think you've only touched the surface here, although our points are well taken. Where does the encryption take place on Phone to Phone hookups? In the gateway? That would require public key administration among a plurality of carriers and ISPs, wouldn't it? How about dynamically configurable applications that may depend on a number of different end-point permutations throughout a session, dependent on the particulars of interactive flows? Such as dynamic admissions to live multicast/or multipoint conferencing applications, say? Or collaborative workgroup sessions? You get the idea, without me running the entire list here. Also, I think that government regs concerning this subject are equally onerous when it comes to getting approvals for international use. What then? Secure domestic, but international goes in the clear? I'm going to look up those urls later on, and get back to you. I'm almost certain, however, that they will give me more to nit pick about... Perhaps this is one of those hidden enablers that will make PC to PC seem like a more attractive alternative for some. <smiles> Thanks, and Regards, Frank Coluccio

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (1293)	9/16/1998 8:37:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

I-Link Subsidiary MiBridge Delivers VoIP Technology; On Brooktrout Technology's TR2001 IP Telephony Platform September 16, 1998 DRAPER, Utah, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- I-Link Inc. (Nasdaq: ILNK), an enhanced voice and data communications company, today announced its wholly owned subsidiary MiBridge Inc. has completed a first release of its voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) subsystem on the Brooktrout Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKT) TR2001 Series(TM) voice- and fax-on IP platform. The strategic development relationship between MiBridge and Brooktrout was announced in September 1997. The partnership combines MiBridge's leadership in the VoIP market with Brooktrout's leadership in the computer telephony market. The Brooktrout TR2001 Series fax and voice platform is a resource board for IP telephony applications. Among other applications, the TR2001 is used in IP telephony gateways that link telephones and fax machines over IP packet data networks. It provides all the processing power needed for up to 60 channels of IP voice and fax processing and is based on the Brooktrout Open System Telephony (BOSTON) architecture. BOSTON provides users with a unified development environment for application development. MiBridge develops voice and fax compression software algorithms and feature-rich APIs (application programming interfaces) that can be integrated into a complete system to provide a key component in building VoIP gateways. This software also conforms to the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) H.323 protocol that defines how multimedia devices communicate. "This success in bringing the leading IP Telephony platform to market affirms our decision to partner with MiBridge," said Eric Giler, president of Brooktrout Technology. "Through our own development and the licensing of MiBridge technology, our TR2001 incorporates the best IP technology currently available anywhere." Dror Nahumi, MiBridge president, said working with companies such as Brooktrout helps MiBridge become the prevalent IP gateway subsystem in the industry. "We've formed strategic alliances with many of the leaders in IP telephony," Nahumi said. "This provides our partners a great advantage in interoperability and allows MiBridge to maintain its leadership in developing subsystems in what is a large and growing industry." MiBridge gateway products have been developed jointly with elemedia, a Lucent Technologies business venture. Brooktrout Technology Inc., headquartered in Needham, Mass., is a leading supplier of advanced software and hardware products for system vendors and service providers in the electronic messaging market. Brooktrout's products include a broad range of multi-channel fax and voice boards, software development tools, fax and voice systems, network interface cards and modems and xDSL systems that enable its customers to deliver a wide range of solutions for the integration and cost-effective management of fax, voice and data communications. Founded in 1994, I-Link Inc. is an enhanced voice and data communications company that uses Internet protocol (IP) telephony and its own private network to provide low-cost long-distance, conference calling, voice mail, fax, e-mail and other communications services. I-Link's products and services are primarily offered through a network marketing channel. Through wholly owned subsidiaries MiBridge Inc. and ViaNet Technologies Ltd., I-Link develops emerging communications technologies that are used by I-Link and other leading communications firms worldwide. I-Link is headquartered in Draper, Utah, and its Web site is located at i-link.net. SOURCE I-Link Inc.