From PC World -- researchers have created an optical network component that they say can encrypt data travelling at 100 Gbps. The advantage comes from companies utilizing Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM) in corporate networks.
"But encryption still is typically done electronically, at a top speed of about 10G bps, Telcordia's Etemad said. Without the high-speed optical encryption, enterprises that wanted to carry 100G bps of traffic couldn't take advantage of the efficiency of putting it all on one wavelength."
TMCnet reports that Huawei Technologies has reportedly deployed a 100 Gigabit Ehternet WDM prototype. Back in June of this year Cisco and Comcast did a demo of a 100GbE router interface.
Finally -- in the list of "Tech gods", Vint Cerf is certainly in my top 5. Network World has a summary of his keynote speech from the Internet Days conference. IPv6, DNSSEC, and international characters (in DNS) are what he thinks will be a part of the "big changes" in the coming years. Check out the article here.
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