Firewalls, both hardware and software, protect computers from hackers and other online threats by blocking dangerous pieces of data from reaching the system. While hardware firewalls offer ...

A software firewall is a standard tool for protecting computers from viruses and other malware. Some routers -- the device that carries packets of data between your network and the Internet -- offer ...

Connecting your network to the Internet without a firewall is like leaving the front door of your office wide open when you leave on vacation. Chances are high that someone will eventually walk in and ...

Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta, and I were introduced recently. The folks making the introduction said "Kelly is CEO of Vyatta, the open source routing company. They are going to change the networking ...

It my recent story on "Patching the Internet" a discussion on how Dan Kaminsky broke, then subsequently helped fix DNS and the Internet, a lot of discussion centered around how the patch was breaking ...

There's a good chance you're using a router from your internet service provider (ISP), but did you know it's easy to build your own firewall? Attach a switch and access point, and you'll have a ...

Why waste money on an enterprise firewall when you can build your own from old PC parts?

Over-the-counter routers are fine and work as they should, but they simply aren’t enough for some of us. Quite a few of the standard routers located around the homes of the world allow for an open ...

In Part 1 of this tutorial series, we configured Windows to accept remote desktop connections, so we can log into and use a PC anywhere in the World with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection client ...

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 ...