In response to yesterday's Tech Shakedown of McAfee's personal firewall product for issuing a useless dialog -- one that asks me to allow or block some behavior but that doesn't give me any idea, ...

Barracuda today launched its new Barracuda NextGen Firewall desktop appliances, which are the industry's first advanced next-generation firewalls that include advanced traffic optimization ...

Firewalls act as gatekeepers that regulate data flow between internal and external networks based on security rules, while antivirus tools detect malicious activity in a computer or network system ...

A firewall is a protective system that lies, in essence, between your computer network and the Internet. When used correctly, a firewall prevents unauthorized people from accessing your network. A ...

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 ...

Version 3 of Norton Personal Firewall 2001 alerts you to intrusions, maintains an event log of connection incidents, allows only applications you specify to use the Internet, permits cookies only from ...

Ensuring that your network and your computer are safe from cybercriminals is of paramount importance. To do this, the two most often used tools are the best antivirus software and a firewall. While ...

Shopping for an enterprise firewall can be intimidating if you’ve never done it before. However, with a little background knowledge, an understanding of firewall features, and knowing what questions ...

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 ...

The importance of a firewall cannot be over-emphasized. Firewalls, no doubt, are one of the most important components of your computer (network). A Firewall can block threats that your Antivirus may ...