Can you explain the differences between a hardware and software firewall? From what I can gather, pretty much all routers come with built-in firewalls, so do I really need to install firewall software ...

Secure Computing Corp. has unveiled a hybrid firewall designed to give clients more protection against Web threats. Typically, corporate firewalls that protect against network-based attacks aren't ...

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 ...

An improved firewall was one of the 300-plus features Apple touted before the release of Leopard, but a mix of design choices and functionality changes reduces its effectiveness compared to the ...

Norton Smart Firewall is, as the name suggests, an intelligent firewall that’s included in the company’s antivirus and security suite products. Like any firewall, it is designed to protect your PC ...

Secure Computing this week plans to unveil a line of firewalls that combines the best features of two separate lines and at the high end doubles to 1 million the maximum number of simultaneous ...

It's become fashionable for every organization that runs a cluster of VMware servers to talk about running a "private cloud." But for this change in terminology to mean something, technology managers ...

The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...

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 ...

After giving top-rated Norton Personal Firewall a try, I decided to ditch it because it inexplicably stymied my Net surfing. My connection wasn't interrupted, but pages just stopped loading. A brief ...

While the general consensus regarding whether a Mac is more secure than Windows leans toward Apple’s system, it doesn’t mean a Mac is still unable to be affected by hackers and malware; it's still ...