Distributed firewalls allow network administrators to monitor real-time traffic over the LAN by sending reports back to the administrators' PC. David Lancaster, technical director at Network Designers, said: "Distributed firewalls will allow the...
Of course, we need to grow up and realise that a world where information flies almost freely through shared networks is full of unexpected dangers. If it isn't the latest virus or hacker attack, then it's scare stories about the recklessness of...
One site was left unprotected while the other was equipped with a standard firewall, and the number of hacker attacks each faced over an eight-week period was monitored and compared. However, surprisingly more than 50 per cent of our customers do...
David Overton, technical specialist for Microsoft, said the number of businesses running corporate firewalls on the desktop was "much, much less than we would like". The Windows firewall will also benefit from the new release, with the firewall...
Hollywood legend Kevin Spacey, star of.ahem. Sensing a friendly audience, attuned to his droll take on matters, (either that or they were curious as to just how big a hole this man was about to dig for himself) Cross continued, this time describing...
It will be interesting to see if there are any stories that come out of this. Although for many users and sysadmins this makes more sense than having it disabled by default, it also means if the firewall fails to recognise an application, it could...