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• Protecting Your Lan is No Longer Optional

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 141
  The ever-increasing threat presented by viruses and crackers necessitates a hard-line approach to controlling access to your data. Your LAN is one of your most precious assets. In fact, all the information on it and all the information that passes through it can be thought of as the blood of your company. Not too ...
  20 hours ago

• Firewalls – Hardware Versus Software

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 141
  The system that provides the barrier between the outside world and your computer is the firewall. The firewall examines all of the traffic that your computer sends and that comes to your computer. It will only open its gates if the traffic is on an allowed list of traffic sources and destinations. This vital computer ...
  2 days ago

• Home Networking – Firewalls

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 141
  Contractors use the word firewall to denote a physical barrier to keep flames from spreading from room to room. Home networks also have (or should have) firewalls. These are hardware, software or a combination of the two which protects a network from being accessed by unauthorized persons and by malicious software. ...
  2 days ago

• Zeroshell Firewall NAT problem

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 141
  Hi! We are setting up a VPN through which employee can take customer voice calls using the internet based VPN connection and VoIP solution of Nortel Softphone. When we are making a Bridge connection the voice traffic is going smooth from both inwards and outwards NICs. But the problem arises when we implement NATing. ...
  2 days ago

• Network Security: Firewalls

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 141
  What is the purpose of a Firewall? Firewalls are absolutely vital for keeping network security in force. The firewall stops and controls the traffic that comes between your network and the different sites you go to. A firewall is a constituent of a company’s network protection, and it acts to keep in force the ...
  3 days ago

• Internet Security & Network Firewalls For Security

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 141
  A Firewall is a barrier generally placed between the internet and your network (or computer).  The main function of firewalls is to shield the network from unauthorised access from your internet connection and therefore a necessary component for all internet connections.   Firewalls are available both in software ...
  3 days ago

• Finally, VIA Gives the Intel Atom Some Competition!

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 583
  Low power lovers for lots of years looked to VIA for solutions for small spaces, or for single use PCs, such as those that might be used for a SmoothWall router, or a small home server. When Intel released the Atom processor, the world forgot about VIA for awhile, seeming  to be helped by the almost total absence of ...
  5 days ago

• What Do Employees (& Everyone Else) Need to Know About Computer Security?

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 583
  That’s what many people who work in IT ask themselves. What is to be included to get the correct message in place, without bringing in details lost on all but the most knowledgeable? A small story in Maximum PC speaks of a listing and article found in a business publication, eWeek, that gives the most essential ...
  1 week ago

• PROXY Pro Master 6.10.1.1379

  
  Virtual Download — Authority: 164
  PROXY Pro Master v6.10.1.1379 | 7.2 MB PROXY Pro includes remote access software to reach PCs anywhere, anytime, remote control software to resolve support issues collaboratively, and remote management software to monitor and repair PCs in real-time. PROXY Pro is used by thousands of helpdesk and IT administrators ...
  1 week ago

• How to stop internal network sniffers

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 141
  Hi All, I need to stop network packet sniffers within the LAN. Is there any tool to detect those? I use linux as well as windows.
  1 week ago

• Is it possible in Linux to restrict POP3 or IMAP for particular users.

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 141
  Hi, Is it possible in Linux to restrict POP3 or IMAP for particular users. I need a confirmation on this, that it is possible or not in Linux. Please reply Thanks in advance
  1 week ago

• Vuurmuur 0.8 bèta 2 released

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 158
  Vuurmuur 0.8 bèta 2 is released. Vuurmuur is a powerful Firewall Manager built on top of the Linux Iptables.
  1 week ago

• Development Release: ClearOS 5.1 Beta 2

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 461
  Clear Foundation has announced the availability of the second beta release of ClearOS 5.1, a CentOS-based distribution for firewalls and gateways formerly known as ClarkConnect: "The second beta has arrived. Along with the usual bug fixes, the two significant changes from beta 1 are: updated base system to.... read ...
  1 week ago

• Why just say no to IM at work

  
  blog.anta.net — Authority: 106
  People sometimes ask me for my business IM address. Well, I do not have one, because I do not use IM for business transactions. However, if you do, please make sure that you are aware of the risks involved. Here are a couple of the topmost reasons why IM, IMO, does not mix well with [...]
  1 week ago

• question on use raw socket to a implement HTTP Proxy Server

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 141
  Hi, I am trying to implement a HTTP proxy server using raw socket. I create a alias IP address on eth1:0 192.168.0.200 on my linux box I opened a raw socket as: fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW); and binds to 192.168.0.200 and port 3080 bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)); However ...
  1 week ago

• Understanding firewalls

  
  :: my life 4 hire :: — Authority: 110
  M any people actually misunderstood the function of the firewalls. People usually think that firewalls are used to block connections on certain ports or applications. That’s a part of firewall function but the main function of a firewall is packet analyzer or packet filtering like some people usually refer to. ...
  1 week ago

• Linux firewalls for newbies

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 158
  Not everyone can use iptables because its huge, and very confusing for newbies. Here are some easy to use firewalls for Linux.. Advertisement Your ad here!
  2 weeks ago

• Excellent Port Numbers List

  
  TTC Shelbyville - Technical Blog — Authority: 137
  I have students everyday wonder why they need to know port numbers.   The amazing thing is while they are setting up a firewall and don’t have internet access, they come and ask what they need to do with the port number part of setting up the firewall.  Bottomline – you may not have access to [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Routers treat HTTPS and HTTP traffic differently

  
  startups, technology and fishing — Authority: 498
  Well the title says it all. Internet routers live at Layer 3 [the Network Layer] of the OSI model which I’ve included to the left. HTTP and HTTP S live at Layer 7 (Application layer) of the OSI model, although some may argue HTTP S lives at Layer 6. So how is it that Layer 3 devices like routers treat HTTP S ...
  2 weeks ago

• ZoneAlarm Pro 9.1.008.000

  
  DownArchive - Your Future Downloads — Authority: 535
  ZoneAlarm Pro 9.1.008.000 | 41.34 Mb ZoneAlarm Pro provides you with advanced firewall with identity and privacy protection against spyware, hackers and identity thieves. ZoneAlarm personal firewalls are trusted by millions of users all over the world. ZoneAlarm Pro is fully compatible with major antivirus software ...
  2 weeks ago

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