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Topic: Personal firewall



Personal firewall News

16 April 2008

ISPs accused of tampering with web pages

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

About one percent of the Internet web pages are being changed in transit, sometimes in a harmful way, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Read more...

Personal firewall Blog Entries

01 February 2008

Oops, that was careless....

By Bryan Betts

I did something very careless the other day - I connected my laptop to a public wireless network without checking that the firewall was on. Read more...

Personal firewall Insight

19 October 2007

Lock up those laptops

By Tim Greene, Network World (US)

Telecommuting will never become the norm until the laptop insecurity issue is tamed. The US government is in the frontline of this struggle. Read more...

Personal firewall Briefings

15 October 2007

Using SSL VPNs to enable mobility

By Stan Oien, Network World

How to reduce risks when turning to a virtual Private Network and other security issues to consider. Read more...

Personal firewall Interviews

13 November 2006

Securing the endpoints

By Bryan Betts, Techworld

We hear from Chris Ewing of Altiris about the steps and technologies needed - and available - to defend your network against one of its biggests threats, namely its users. Read more...

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Personal firewall Whitepapers

16 May 2007

An introduction to client firewalls

By Sophos

Increased connectivity in and out of the office has radically changed the task of securing an organization?s systems and data. Client firewalls ? often referred to as ?personal? firewalls ? are now an essential part of corporate endpoint security. This paper describes what a personal firewall is, why it is important, and how it differs from a gateway firewall. Read more...

Personal firewall Product Reviews

02 August 2007

ZyXel ZyWall SSL 10

By Keith Schultz, InfoWorld

  • List price: £290 for up to 10 users; £95 extra for upgrade to 25 users
  • Pros: Powerful yet inexpensive
    Broad range of apps supported
    Granular access control
  • Cons: Reporting and logging could be better Read more...

Personal firewall How-Tos

16 October 2006

Stop VPNs turning into open doors

By Martin Heller, Computerworld

VPNs allow you to provide remote access to your network, but without more work on top, they could also expose the LAN to extra risk. Here's 10 tips on how to prevent that happening. Read more...

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