Hackers will often hide their identities while attempting to gain unauthorized access to vulnerable servers. If a hacker is using an anonymous proxy server, you can block access via the Windows ...

A firewall is merely the first line of defense for any system’s security. As such, one should not rely solely on its ability to stop all the potential threats floating on the Internet. All sorts of ...

When using the internet at home, it can be easy to forget how vulnerable your data can be. Credit card information, logins, sensitive personal details — all things that you've likely put out into the ...

Step 1 You can configure two types of networks: private (home and workplace networks) and public (airport, library, or other networks open to the public). You will see status and settings reports ...

Network firewalls were created as the primary perimeter defense for most organizations, but since its creation the technology has spawned many iterations: proxy, stateful, Web app, next-generation ...

Touted as "the open source firewall," you'd expect T.REX Firewall to be completely open source. But for the latest release of the product (version 2), no source is available. The firewall itself is a ...

How we tested Check Point UTM-1 firewall. Fortunately, we were able to save and restore all our policy settings, though we did run into some rough spots discussed in the test article. We also used the ...