According to Microsoft, the flaw leaves users of version 1.0 of the ISA server - which incorporates a firewall, a virtual private network and a web-cache - vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, which could cause corresponding web servers to crash.
Services for Unix includes tools to integrate Windows with Unix and Linux environments, while ISA Server is a firewall and web caching product. The remaining two alerts are of 'moderate' risk and affect Windows Services for Unix, ISA Server and...
Two flaws in Check Point Software's flagship firewall software could allow an attacker to crash or compromise its firewall products, the company said on Wednesday. Really controlling the firewall is controlling the gatekeeper for the network," said...
Firewall vendors saw a 143 per cent growth in revenues in 1997, according to research from IDC. The report predicts that the firewall market will hit $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by 2002, with European and Asian markets growing fastest.
The market for firewall software and devices will jump 25 per cent in the next two years to nearly $2.5bn in worldwide sales, research firm Meta Group has predicted in its latest report. While almost every large and midsize business already uses a...
One major part of the update was an improved version of its firewall software. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus firm Sophos, said the latest Bagle variants are designed to attack and disable Microsoft’s new firewall...