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 ...

I use my Verizon actiontec router as my main and only firewall. I've ran this for years without an issue. Do you guys use software firewalls on top of what your router provides? I always viewed using ...

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 ...

Connecting your network to the Internet without a firewall is like leaving the front door of your office wide open when you leave on vacation. Chances are high that someone will eventually walk in and ...

Over-the-counter routers are fine and work as they should, but they simply aren’t enough for some of us. Quite a few of the standard routers located around the homes of the world allow for an open ...

When deciding on software to run on a hardware firewall, there are currently two main contenders: pfSense, which has been ...

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 ...

In Part 1 of this tutorial series, we configured Windows to accept remote desktop connections, so we can log into and use a PC anywhere in the World with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection client ...

In addition to the 360 AI Speaker Max, the company also launched the 360 Home Firewall Router 5S with an equally attractive price tag of 169 yuan ($25). Mind you, this isn’t just a router but one with ...

Besides the obvious benefits of choosing your hardware components, there is also the software side of things to consider. Picking a system like pfSense offers you the benefits of years of development ...