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 ...

A firewall that is provided by software. It often refers to a personal firewall in a user's computer, but software firewalls may be installed in servers as well. Contrast with hardware firewall. See ...

Q: Should my company install a software firewall, or buy a dedicated hardware device for that function? A: As I tell my customers, deciding which type of firewall to use depends on what you're trying ...

Assistant Professor Yupeng Zhang and his team, along with researchers from the University of California, Irvine, received a ...

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 ...

Yesterday when we asked you what your favorite Windows firewall software is, we got back tons of responses, from ZoneAlarm to Sygate from free to commercial. Now we want to narrow down the choices to ...

In this Recipe, I'll explain both the options for firewall protection and the differences between hardware and software implementations. By the end, you should be able to point a client to the ...

Free firewalls offer the outbound monitoring that's missing in XP's firewall and off by default (and impractical) in Vista, but third-party tools may create problems of their own. Dennis O'Reilly ...

Undoubtedly, you’ve heard about viruses, hacker intrusions, trojan horses, and more that are constantly trying to bring your PC down. Is there a single thing that you can buy, like a hardware firewall ...

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. announced that its Quantum Firewall Software R82 has achieved Common Criteria EAL4+ certification, reinforcing its credibility as a security solution for ...

A firewall is an essential security tool for your Mac. Not only does it help keep your Mac safe from security threats online, but it also improves your privacy by allowing you to keep an eye on data ...

A firewall is every bit as critical to security as an anti-virus program. Firewalls stop malware from spreading to a network and defend against hackers attempting to infiltrate a targeted system.