This chapter looks at the management of firewalls. From the perspective of the small office/home user, the firewall is a single device that protects the home network from malicious traffic—it keeps ...

What Is a Host Based Firewall and Is it Secure Enough? Your email has been sent Most devices come with a host based firewall, but is it enough? Learn about this vital ...

Hardware Firewalls are mostly seen in broadband modems, and are the first line of defense, using Packet Filtering. Before an Internet packet reaches your PC, the Hardware Firewall will monitor the ...

Do you feel secure when you open your laptop? But do you know what makes using your PC and browsing the internet so safe? Today, we’ll talk about a firewall – a basic but important part of any ...

This chapter introduces the reader to firewall load-balancing (FWLB) concepts, technology, and designs. We will talk about motivations behind FWLB solutions, different types of firewalls, and how to ...

Firewalls monitor and regulate the data moving on and off your computer or network. They can keep criminals out while allowing legitimate network traffic in. Mac OS X comes with not one but two ...

Whether or not you realize it, your firewall is constantly under attack. From automated programs that scan for vulnerable networks to experienced hackers trying to penetrate your network and install a ...

At its most basic level, a firewall is anything that preventsunauthorized access to a computer. The firewall can be hardware orsoftware, and the protected computer can be a typical PC, ...

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

Stories of compromised servers and data theft fill today's news. It isn't difficult for someone who has read an informative blog post to access a system via a misconfigured service, take advantage of ...